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1 September 2004 References updated and minor corrections, October 2005 Monitoring Trends in Global Combat: A New Dataset of Battle Deaths Documentation of Coding Decisions II: Correlates of War Data Bethany Lacina 1 Centre for the Study of Civil War (CSCW) International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) 1 Bethany Lacina ([email protected] ) is the John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Graduate Fellow of political science at Stanford University. She completed this project as a research assistant at the Centre for the Study of Civil War, PRIO.

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1

Sept

embe

r 20

04

Ref

eren

ces

upda

ted

and

min

or c

orre

ctio

ns, O

ctob

er 2

005

Mon

itori

ng

Tre

nd

s in

Glo

bal

Com

bat:

A N

ew D

ata

set

of

Batt

le D

eath

s

Docu

men

tati

on

of

Cod

ing D

ecis

ion

s II

: C

orr

elate

s of

War

Data

B

etha

ny L

acin

a1

Cen

tre

for

the

Stud

y of

Civ

il W

ar (

CSC

W)

Inte

rnat

iona

l Pea

ce R

esea

rch

Inst

itute

, Osl

o (P

RIO

)

1 B

eth

an

y L

acin

a (

bla

cin

a@

sta

nfo

rd

.ed

u)

is th

e Jo

hn A

. and

Cyn

thia

Fry

Gun

n G

radu

ate

Fello

w o

f po

litic

al s

cien

ce a

t Sta

nfor

d U

nive

rsity

. She

com

plet

ed th

is p

roje

ct a

s a

rese

arch

ass

ista

nt a

t th

e C

entr

e fo

r th

e St

udy

of C

ivil

War

, PR

IO.

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2

Ack

now

led

gem

ents

an

d a

Note

on

Cit

ati

on

s an

d C

op

yri

gh

ts

The

wor

k re

port

ed h

ere

has

been

car

ried

out

in c

olla

bora

tion

with

a n

umbe

r of

col

leag

ues

at th

e C

entr

e fo

r th

e St

udy

of C

ivil

War

, the

Upp

sala

C

onfl

ict D

ata

Proj

ect,

and

the

Cen

tre

for

Hum

an S

ecur

ity, L

iu C

entr

e fo

r G

loba

l Iss

ues,

Uni

vers

ity o

f B

ritis

h C

olum

bia.

Gle

nn M

artin

and

R

agnh

ild N

ordå

s de

serv

e sp

ecia

l tha

nks

for

thei

r ca

refu

l edi

ting

of th

ese

mat

eria

ls. T

his

wor

k ha

s be

en f

unde

d m

ainl

y by

the

Res

earc

h C

ounc

il of

Nor

way

, with

add

ition

al c

ontr

ibut

ions

fro

m th

e C

entr

e fo

r H

uman

Sec

urity

. U

sers

of

the

battl

e de

aths

dat

aset

sho

uld

cite

the

artic

le in

whi

ch th

e da

ta a

re p

rese

nted

: Bet

hany

Lac

ina

& N

ils P

ette

r G

ledi

tsch

, 200

5.

‘Mon

itori

ng T

rend

s in

Glo

bal C

omba

t: A

New

Dat

aset

of

Bat

tle D

eath

s’, E

uro

pea

n J

ourn

al

of

Po

pula

tion 2

1(2–

3): 1

45–1

66.

Use

rs o

f th

is d

atas

et s

houl

d co

ntac

t Bet

hany

Lac

ina

(bla

cina

@st

anfo

rd.e

du)

with

com

men

ts o

r co

rrec

tions

. Fo

r pe

rmis

sion

to m

ake

exte

nsiv

e us

e of

thei

r m

ater

ials

wou

ld li

ke to

than

k th

e C

entr

e fo

r H

uman

Sec

urity

, Liu

Cen

tre

for

Glo

bal I

ssue

s,

Uni

vers

ity o

f B

ritis

h C

olum

bia;

Pro

ject

Plo

ughs

hare

s; J

uan

Fern

ando

Gir

aldo

; Enr

ic M

artín

ez-H

erre

ra, J

orge

Res

trep

o; M

icha

el S

paga

t; th

e St

ockh

olm

Int

erna

tiona

l Pea

ce R

esea

rch

Inst

itute

; the

Upp

sala

Uni

vers

ity C

onfl

ict D

ata

Proj

ect;

and

Juan

F. V

arga

s. T

he c

opyr

ight

s to

the

mat

eria

ls p

rodu

ced

by th

ese

and

all o

f so

urce

s ar

e re

tain

ed b

y th

eir

orig

inal

aut

hors

and

pub

lishe

rs. T

hese

exc

erpt

s pr

esen

ted

here

sho

uld

not b

e us

ed a

s a

basi

s fo

r qu

otat

ion,

rep

rodu

ctio

n, o

r di

stri

butio

n of

the

incl

uded

mat

eria

ls. U

sers

mus

t con

tact

the

orig

inal

aut

hors

and

/or

publ

ishe

rs if

th

ey w

ish

to g

ain

perm

issi

on f

or s

uch

activ

ities

. In

a fe

w c

ases

, man

uscr

ipts

and

oth

er w

orks

-in-

prog

ress

hav

e be

en c

ited.

Use

rs s

houl

d be

aw

are

that

they

mus

t con

tact

the

orig

inal

aut

hors

to o

btai

n th

e m

ost u

p-to

-dat

e ve

rsio

ns o

f th

ose

docu

men

ts, a

nd th

at th

e au

thor

s’ la

ngua

ge o

r fi

ndin

gs

may

hav

e ch

ange

d so

mew

hat w

hen

thes

e do

cum

ents

app

ear

as p

ublis

hed

wor

ks.

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o &

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oto,

19

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ary–

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uly

1903

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War

No.

396

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hwes

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anua

ry 1

904–

Nov

embe

r 19

05 (

CO

W W

ar N

o. 3

97).

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evol

t, Ju

ly 1

905–

June

190

6 (C

OW

War

No.

399

)....

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tish-

Zul

u W

ar o

f 19

06, M

arch

190

6–Ju

ly 1

906

(CO

W W

ar N

o. 4

00).

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t Mor

occa

n W

ar, 1

911–

30 M

arch

191

2 (C

OW

War

No.

401

)....

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no-T

ibet

an W

ar o

f 19

12, M

arch

191

2–A

pril

1913

(C

OW

War

No.

402

)....

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Seco

nd M

oroc

can

War

, 191

6–19

17 (

CO

W W

ar N

o. 4

04).

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-Tib

etan

War

of

1918

, 7 J

anua

ry–A

ugus

t 191

8 (C

OW

War

No.

405

)....

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o R

evol

t, 17

Oct

ober

191

8–19

May

192

0 (C

OW

War

No.

406

)....

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tish-

Afg

han

War

of

1919

, May

–8 A

ugus

t 191

9 (C

OW

War

No.

408

)....

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anco

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ian

War

, 192

0 (C

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War

No.

409

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i-B

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h W

ar, J

une

1920

–192

1 (C

OW

War

No.

410

)....

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alo–

Lib

yan

War

, Jun

e 19

20–J

uly

1932

(C

OW

War

No.

412

)....

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f R

ebel

lion,

18

July

192

1–27

May

192

6 (C

OW

War

No.

413

)....

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h R

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lion,

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embe

r 19

21–F

ebru

ary

1922

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OW

War

No.

414

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co-D

ruze

War

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July

192

5–1

June

192

7 (C

OW

War

No.

416

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n, D

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ber

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e 19

32 (

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W W

ar N

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17).

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ian

War

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il 19

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ay 1

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W W

ar N

o. 4

18).

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82)

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ober

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so-J

apan

ese

War

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ebru

ary

1904

–15

Sept

embe

r 19

05 (

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W W

ar N

o. 8

5)...

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tral

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ly 1

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ar N

o. 8

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ay 1

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n W

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Jul

y 19

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3 M

arch

191

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No.

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kish

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Sept

embe

r 19

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8 O

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er 1

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W W

ar N

o. 9

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Oct

ober

191

2–19

Apr

il 19

13 (

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W W

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0 Ju

ly 1

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ar I

, 29

Aug

ust 1

914–

11 N

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ber

1918

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War

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ish

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Febr

uary

191

9–18

Oct

ober

192

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No.

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Hun

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an-A

llies

War

, 16

Apr

il–4

Aug

ust 1

919

(CO

W W

ar N

o. 1

12).

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-Tur

kish

War

, 5 M

ay 1

919–

11 O

ctob

er 1

922

(CO

W W

ar N

o. 1

15).

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2 Fr

anco

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kish

War

, 1 N

ovem

ber

1919

–20

Oct

ober

192

1 (C

OW

War

No.

116

)....

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L

ithua

nian

-Pol

ish

War

, 15

July

–1 D

ecem

ber

1920

(C

OW

War

No.

117

)....

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Si

no-S

ovie

t War

, 17

Aug

ust–

3 D

ecem

ber

1929

(C

OW

War

No.

118

)....

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Man

chur

ian

War

, 19

Dec

embe

r 19

31–6

May

193

3 (C

OW

War

No.

121

)....

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C

haco

War

, 15

June

193

2–12

Jun

e 19

35 (

CO

W W

ar N

o. 1

24).

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udi-

Yem

eni W

ar, 2

0 M

arch

193

2–6

Dec

embe

r 19

35 (

CO

W W

ar N

o. 1

25).

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alo-

Eth

iopi

an W

ar, 3

Oct

ober

193

5–9

May

193

6 (C

OW

War

No.

127

)....

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no-J

apan

ese

War

, 7 J

uly

1937

–9 M

ay 1

941

(CO

W W

ar N

o. 1

30).

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.47

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ngku

feng

War

, 29

July

–11

Aug

ust 1

938

(CO

W W

ar N

o. 1

33).

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...49

N

omon

han

War

, 11

May

–16

Sept

embe

r 19

39 (

CO

W W

ar N

o. 1

36).

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.49

Wor

ld W

ar I

I, 1

Sep

tem

ber

1939

–14

Aug

ust 1

945

(CO

W W

ar N

o. 1

39).

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50

Rus

so-F

inni

sh W

ar, 3

0 N

ovem

ber

1939

–3 D

ecem

ber

1940

(C

OW

War

No.

142

)....

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57

Fran

co-T

hai W

ar, 1

Dec

embe

r 19

40–2

2 Ja

nuar

y 19

41 (

CO

W W

ar N

o. 1

45).

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asta

te W

ars.

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....5

8 C

olum

bia

vs. L

iber

als,

1 S

epte

mbe

r 18

99–1

5 Ju

ne 1

903

(CO

W W

ar N

o. 5

82).

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..58

V

enez

uela

vs.

Cas

tro

Led

Reb

els,

24

May

–22

Oct

ober

189

9 (C

OW

War

No.

583

)....

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59

Ven

ezue

la v

s. M

atos

Led

Reb

els,

Dec

embe

r 19

01–J

uly

1903

(C

OW

War

No.

584

)....

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...60

O

ttom

an E

mpi

re v

s. V

MR

O R

ebel

s, 2

Aug

ust 1

903–

2 N

ovem

ber

1903

(C

OW

War

No.

585

)....

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60

Uru

guay

vs.

Bla

ncos

, 1 J

anua

ry–1

Sep

tem

ber

1904

(C

OW

War

No.

587

)....

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Rus

sia

vs. W

orke

rs/P

easa

nts,

22

Janu

ary

1905

–1 J

anua

ry 1

906

(CO

W W

ar N

o. 5

88).

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...61

R

uman

ia v

s. P

easa

nts,

15

Mar

ch–3

0 A

pril

1907

(C

OW

War

No.

589

)....

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62

Mor

occo

vs.

Fez

Cai

ds o

f 19

07, 1

Aug

ust 1

907–

19 A

ugus

t 190

8 (C

OW

War

No.

590

)....

......

......

......

......

......

......

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......

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......

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......

......

...63

Ir

an v

s. C

onst

itutio

nalis

ts, 2

3 Ju

ne 1

908–

17 J

uly

1909

(C

OW

War

No.

591

)....

......

......

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......

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..63

M

exic

o vs

. Lib

eral

s &

Rad

ical

s, 2

0 N

ovem

ber

1910

–15

July

191

4 &

1 D

ecem

ber

1914

–21

May

192

0 (C

OW

War

No.

592

)....

......

......

......

....6

4 M

oroc

co v

s. F

ez C

aids

of

1911

, 15

Janu

ary–

10 J

une

1911

(C

OW

War

No.

593

)....

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......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

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......

......

..65

Pa

ragu

ay v

s. L

iber

als,

15

July

191

1–11

May

191

2 (C

OW

War

No.

594

)....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

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......

..65

C

hina

vs.

Rep

ublic

ans

of 1

911,

11

Oct

ober

–31

Dec

embe

r 19

11 (

CO

W W

ar N

o. 5

95).

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..66

C

hina

vs.

Rep

ublic

ans

of 1

913,

12

July

–1 S

epte

mbe

r 19

13 (

CO

W W

ar N

o. 5

97).

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....6

6 C

hina

vs.

Pai

-Lin

gs, 1

5 M

arch

–15

Sept

embe

r 19

14 (

CO

W W

ar N

o. 5

98).

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....6

7 R

ussi

a vs

. Kir

ghiz

& K

azab

les,

4 J

uly

1916

–27

Febr

uary

191

7 (C

OW

War

No.

599

)....

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67

Rus

sia

vs. A

nti-

Bol

shev

iks,

9 D

ecem

ber

1917

–18

Mar

ch 1

921

(CO

W W

ar N

o. 6

00).

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...68

C

hina

vs.

Yun

nan

Reb

els,

191

7–19

18 (

CO

W W

ar N

o. 6

02).

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.70

Finl

and

vs. C

omm

unis

ts, 2

8 Ja

nuar

y 19

18–3

0 A

pril

1918

(C

OW

War

No.

603

)....

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...70

H

unga

ry v

s. A

nti-

Com

mun

ists

, 25

Mar

ch 1

919–

15 F

ebru

ary

1920

(C

OW

War

No.

604

)....

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......

......

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.71

USS

R v

s. P

easa

nts

in T

a, A

ugus

t 192

0–A

ugus

t 192

1 (C

OW

War

No.

605

)....

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....7

2 M

exic

o vs

. Hue

rta

Led

Reb

els,

4 D

ecem

ber

1923

–Feb

ruar

y 19

24 (

CO

W W

ar N

o. 6

07).

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Bul

gari

a vs

. Agr

aria

n L

eagu

e, 2

3–28

Sep

tem

ber

1923

(C

OW

War

No.

608

)....

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..72

A

fgha

nist

an v

s. A

nti-

Ref

orm

ists

of

1924

, 15

Mar

ch 1

924–

15 J

anua

ry 1

925

(CO

W W

ar N

o. 6

10).

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Chi

na v

s. K

uom

inta

ng, 1

Jul

y 19

26–3

0 Ju

ne 1

928

(CO

W W

ar N

o. 6

12).

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74

Mex

ico

vs. C

rist

eros

, 31

Aug

ust 1

926–

15 J

une

1930

(C

OW

War

No.

613

)....

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Afg

hani

stan

vs.

Ant

i-R

efor

mis

ts o

f 19

28, 1

0 N

ovem

ber

1928

–15

Oct

ober

192

9 (C

OW

War

No.

614

)....

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....7

5 C

hina

vs.

Mus

lims

of 1

928,

192

8 (C

OW

War

No.

615

)....

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75

Mex

ico

vs. E

scob

an L

ed R

ebel

s, 3

Mar

ch–4

May

192

9 (C

OW

War

No.

617

)....

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.76

Saud

i Ara

bia

vs. I

khw

an, 3

0 M

arch

192

9–10

Jan

uary

193

0 (C

OW

War

No.

618

)....

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76

Chi

na v

s. W

ar L

ords

, 1 M

arch

192

9–13

Oct

ober

193

0 (C

OW

War

No.

619

)....

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..77

C

hina

vs.

Com

mun

ists

of

1930

, 15

Nov

embe

r 19

30–1

5 O

ctob

er 1

935

(CO

W W

ar N

o. 6

20).

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7 R

ussi

a vs

. Cen

tral

Asi

an R

ebel

s, 1

931–

34 (

CO

W W

ar N

o. 6

22).

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.78

El S

alva

dor

vs. L

eftis

ts, 2

2–25

Jan

uary

193

2 (C

OW

War

No.

623

)....

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79

Peru

vs.

Apr

ista

Reb

els,

7–1

7 Ju

ly 1

932

(CO

W W

ar N

o. 6

24).

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Bra

zil v

s. P

aolis

ts, 9

Jun

e–31

Aug

ust 1

932

(CO

W W

ar N

o. 6

25).

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Aus

tria

vs.

Soc

ialis

ts, 1

2 Fe

brua

ry–3

0 Ju

ly 1

934

(CO

W W

ar N

o. 6

27).

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Sp

ain

vs. A

stur

ian

Min

ers,

4–8

Oct

ober

193

4 (C

OW

War

No.

628

)....

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1 Sp

ain

vs. F

asci

sts,

18

July

193

6–29

Mar

ch 1

939

(CO

W W

ar N

o. 6

29).

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..82

C

olum

bia

vs. C

onse

rvat

ives

, 9 A

pril

1948

–12

Apr

il 19

49 (

CO

W W

ar N

o. 6

38).

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Col

umbi

a vs

. Lib

eral

s of

194

9, 1

5 Se

ptem

ber

1949

–31

Dec

embe

r 19

62 (

CO

W W

ar N

o. 6

40).

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Alg

eria

vs.

For

mer

Reb

el L

eade

rs, 2

8 Ju

ly 1

962–

15 J

anua

ry 1

963

(CO

W W

ar N

o. 6

59).

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wan

da v

s. W

atus

i, 15

Nov

embe

r 19

63–6

Feb

ruar

y 19

64 (

CO

W W

ar N

o. 6

64)

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Uga

nda

vs. B

ugan

da T

ribe

, 23

May

196

6–1

June

196

6 (C

OW

War

No.

667

)....

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Chi

na v

s. R

ed G

uard

, 15

Janu

ary

1967

–1 S

epte

mbe

r 19

68 (

CO

W W

ar N

o. 6

70).

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Jord

an v

s. P

ales

tinia

ns, 1

7–24

Sep

tem

ber

1970

(C

OW

War

No.

677

)....

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Bur

undi

vs.

Hut

u, 3

0 A

pril–

25 M

ay 1

972

(CO

W W

ar N

o. 6

83).

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Nig

eria

vs.

Mus

lim F

unda

men

talis

ts, 1

8 D

ecem

ber

1980

–1 J

anua

ry 1

981

(CO

W W

ar N

o. 7

07).

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Nig

eria

vs.

Mus

lim F

unda

men

talis

ts, 2

Feb

ruar

y–4

Mar

ch 1

984

(CO

W W

ar N

o. 7

18).

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..90

B

urun

di v

s. H

utu,

18–

22 A

ugus

t 198

8 (C

OW

War

No.

725

)....

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aire

vs.

Reb

els,

28

Janu

ary–

4 Fe

brua

ry 1

993

(CO

W W

ar N

o. 7

44).

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Iraq

vs.

KD

P K

urds

, 31

Aug

ust 1

996–

7 Se

ptem

ber

1996

(C

OW

War

No.

756

)....

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t dat

a

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Def

init

ion

of

Batt

le D

eath

s

O

ur d

efin

ition

of

battl

e de

aths

clo

sely

fol

low

s fr

om th

e de

fini

tion

of c

onfl

ict u

sed

to c

reat

e th

e U

ppsa

la/P

RIO

Arm

ed C

onfl

ict D

atas

et (

Gle

dits

ch

et a

l. 20

02, E

riks

son

et a

l. 20

03).

Acc

ordi

ng to

cod

eboo

k fo

r th

e U

ppsa

la/P

RIO

dat

aset

(St

rand

et a

l. 20

03, 3

–4):

‘A

n ar

med

con

flic

t is

a co

ntes

ted

inco

mpa

tibili

ty th

at c

once

rns

gove

rnm

ent a

nd/o

r te

rrito

ry w

here

the

use

of a

rmed

for

ce b

etw

een

two

part

ies,

of

whi

ch a

t lea

st o

ne is

the

gove

rnm

ent o

f a

stat

e, r

esul

ts in

at l

east

25

battl

e-re

late

d de

aths

. T

he s

epar

ate

elem

ents

of

the

defi

nitio

n ar

e op

erat

iona

lized

as

follo

ws:

(1

) U

se o

f ar

med

for

ce: u

se o

f ar

ms

in o

rder

to p

rom

ote

the

part

ies’

gen

eral

pos

ition

in th

e co

nflic

t, re

sulti

ng in

dea

ths.

(1

.1)

Arm

s: a

ny m

ater

ial m

eans

, e.g

. man

ufac

ture

d w

eapo

ns b

ut a

lso

stic

ks, s

tone

s, f

ire,

wat

er, e

tc.

(2)

25 d

eath

s: A

min

imum

of

25 b

attle

-rel

ated

dea

ths

per

year

and

per

inco

mpa

tibili

ty.

(3)

Part

y: A

gov

ernm

ent o

f a

stat

e or

any

opp

ositi

on o

rgan

izat

ion

or a

llian

ce o

f op

posi

tion

orga

niza

tions

. (3

.1)

Gov

ernm

ent:

The

par

ty c

ontr

ollin

g th

e ca

pita

l of

the

stat

e.

(3.2

) O

ppos

ition

org

aniz

atio

n: A

ny n

on-g

over

nmen

tal g

roup

of

peop

le h

avin

g an

noun

ced

a na

me

for

thei

r gr

oup

and

usin

g ar

med

for

ce.

(4)

Stat

e: A

sta

te is

: (4

.1)

an in

tern

atio

nally

rec

ogni

zed

sove

reig

n go

vern

men

t con

trol

ling

a sp

ecif

ied

terr

itory

, or

(4.2

) an

in

tern

atio

nally

un

reco

gniz

ed

gove

rnm

ent

cont

rolli

ng

a sp

ecif

ied

terr

itory

w

hose

so

vere

ignt

y is

no

t di

sput

ed

by

anot

her

inte

rnat

iona

lly r

ecog

nize

d so

vere

ign

gove

rnm

ent p

revi

ousl

y co

ntro

lling

the

sam

e te

rrito

ry.

(5)

Inco

mpa

tibili

ty c

once

rnin

g go

vern

men

t an

d/or

ter

rito

ry:

The

inc

ompa

tibili

ty,

as s

tate

d by

the

par

ties,

mus

t co

ncer

n go

vern

men

t an

d/or

te

rrito

ry.

(5.1

) In

com

patib

ility

: the

sta

ted

gene

rally

inco

mpa

tible

pos

ition

s.

(5.2

) In

com

patib

ility

co

ncer

ning

go

vern

men

t: In

com

patib

ility

co

ncer

ning

ty

pe

of

polit

ical

sy

stem

, th

e re

plac

emen

t of

th

e ce

ntra

l go

vern

men

t, or

the

chan

ge o

f its

com

posi

tion.

(5

.3)

Inco

mpa

tibili

ty c

once

rnin

g te

rrito

ry:

Inco

mpa

tibili

ty c

once

rnin

g th

e st

atus

of

a te

rrito

ry,

e.g.

the

cha

nge

of t

he s

tate

in

cont

rol

of a

ce

rtai

n te

rrito

ry (

inte

rsta

te c

onfl

ict)

, sec

essi

on, o

r au

tono

my

(int

erna

l con

flic

t).’

T

he L

acin

a &

Gle

dits

ch d

atas

et d

efin

es b

att

le d

eath

s as

dea

ths

resu

lting

dir

ectly

fro

m v

iole

nce

infl

icte

d th

roug

h th

e us

e of

arm

ed f

orce

by

a pa

rty

to a

n ar

med

con

flic

t dur

ing

con

test

ed c

om

bat.

Con

test

ed c

om

bat i

s us

e of

arm

ed f

orce

by

a pa

rty

to a

n ar

med

con

flic

t aga

inst

any

per

son

or

targ

et d

urin

g w

hich

the

perp

etra

tor

face

s th

e im

med

iate

thre

at o

f le

thal

for

ce b

eing

use

d by

ano

ther

par

ty to

the

conf

lict a

gain

st h

im/h

er a

nd/o

r

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9

allie

d fi

ghte

rs. C

onte

sted

com

bat e

xclu

des

the

sust

aine

d de

stru

ctio

n of

sol

dier

s or

civ

ilian

s ou

tsid

e of

the

cont

ext o

f an

y re

cipr

ocal

thre

at o

f le

thal

for

ce (

e.g.

exe

cutio

n of

pri

sone

rs o

f w

ar).

T

imef

ram

e: W

e ha

ve c

olle

cted

ann

ual b

attle

dea

ths

data

whi

ch in

clud

es b

oth

deat

hs d

urin

g co

mba

t and

dea

ths

from

wou

nds

rece

ived

in c

omba

t. So

me

of th

ose

cons

ider

ed d

ead

of w

ound

s m

ay h

ave

died

in a

yea

r fo

llow

ing

that

in w

hich

com

bat a

ctua

lly to

ok p

lace

, esp

ecia

lly in

the

case

of

battl

es ta

king

pla

ce la

te in

the

cale

ndar

yea

r. T

hese

dea

ths

wer

e in

clud

ed, h

owev

er, i

f th

ey w

ere

the

dire

ct a

nd im

med

iate

res

ult o

f in

juri

es

sust

aine

d du

ring

com

bat v

iole

nce.

Lon

g te

rm r

educ

tion

in li

fe e

xpec

tanc

y be

caus

e of

wou

nds

or d

isab

ility

was

not

incl

uded

.

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Wars

in

th

e C

orr

elate

s of

War

data

not

incl

ud

ed i

n U

pp

sala

/PR

IO D

ata

Ex

tra-S

yst

emic

Wa

rs

Am

eric

an

-Ph

ilip

pin

o W

ar,

4 F

ebru

ary

1899

–4 J

uly

1902 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 392)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

USA

4,

500

Tot

al

12,5

00

(Dup

uy a

nd D

upuy

198

6):

P. 1

011:

‘Su

ppre

ssio

n of

the

Phili

ppin

e In

surr

ectio

n ne

cess

itate

d th

e em

ploy

men

t of

100,

000

Am

eric

an tr

oops

, who

se c

asua

lties

am

ount

ed to

4,

243

[sic

] ki

lled

and

2,81

8 w

ound

ed in

act

ion.

Fili

pino

loss

es w

ere

som

e 16

,000

kill

ed a

nd a

ppro

xim

atel

y 10

0,00

0 m

ore

died

of

fam

ine.

’ (C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

271

: ‘In

the

guer

illa

stru

ggle

’s f

irst

13

mon

ths

US

loss

es…

wer

e 24

5 K

IA…

‘Fl

ip’

loss

es in

the

sam

e pe

riod

wer

e re

cord

ed b

y th

e A

mer

ican

m

ilita

ry c

omm

and

as 3

,854

KIA

.’

P. 2

72: ‘

…4,

234

Am

eric

an s

oldi

ers

died

in th

e Fi

lipin

o In

surr

ectio

n, 1

,073

of

them

kill

ed in

2,8

11 a

rmed

eng

agem

ents

… A

t lea

st 1

6,00

0 Fi

lipin

os w

ere

kille

d in

com

bat a

nd p

ossi

bly

as m

any

as 2

00,0

00 c

ivili

ans

died

as

a re

sult

of th

e di

seas

es, s

tarv

atio

n, a

nd p

riva

tion

caus

ed b

y th

e co

nflic

t.’

(Whi

te 2

004)

: L

eon

Wol

ff w

rote

in L

ittl

e B

row

n B

roth

er (

1961

) th

at th

e U

S su

stai

ned

4,23

4 ba

ttle

fata

litie

s, a

nd th

e Fi

lipin

os 1

6,00

0 co

unte

d ca

sual

ties

and

mor

e th

an 2

0,00

0 lik

ely.

He

estim

ates

per

haps

200

,000

Fili

pino

civ

ilian

dea

ths

from

dis

ease

. ‘J

ohn

Gat

es (

‘War

-Rel

ated

Dea

ths

in th

e Ph

ilipp

ines

, 189

8–19

02’,

Pac

ific

His

tori

cal R

evie

w 5

3:36

7 (1

983)

) es

timat

es a

dem

ogra

phic

sho

rtfa

ll be

twee

n 12

7,59

3 an

d 36

2,65

9. A

190

2 ch

oler

a ep

idem

ic k

illed

a r

ecor

ded

137,

505,

so

the

abso

lute

mos

t tha

t cou

ld h

ave

died

in th

e w

ar w

ould

be

225

,154

.’

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

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4,23

4 is

the

recu

rren

t fig

ure

for

the

US

mili

tary

, alth

ough

Clo

dfel

ter

disa

gree

s w

ith o

ther

sou

rces

abo

ut th

e nu

mbe

r of

KIA

. 16,

000

to 2

0,00

0 ar

e th

e m

ost w

idel

y ci

ted

num

bers

for

Fili

pino

com

bat d

ead.

L

ow e

stim

ate:

1,0

73 U

S m

ilita

ry d

eath

s pl

us 1

6,00

0 Fi

lipin

o de

aths

: 17,

073

tota

l dea

ths.

H

igh

estim

ate:

4,2

34 U

S m

ilita

ry d

eath

s pl

us 2

0,00

0 Fi

lipin

o de

aths

: 24,

234

tota

l dea

ths.

B

est e

stim

ate:

4,2

34 U

S m

ilita

ry d

eath

s pl

us 1

6,00

0 Fi

lipin

o de

aths

: 20,

234

tota

l dea

ths.

T

rend

ed b

ased

on

Clo

dfel

ter’

s es

timat

e of

fir

st 1

3 m

onth

s.

Som

ali

Reb

elli

on

, S

epte

mb

er 1

899

–5 M

arc

h 1

905

(C

OW

War

No. 393)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) U

K

6,

000

Tot

al

U

nkno

wn

(Lib

rary

of

Con

gres

s Fe

dera

l Res

earc

h D

ivis

ion

1989

): ‘

… f

rom

189

9 to

192

0, th

e de

rvis

hes

cond

ucte

d a

war

of

resi

stan

ce a

gain

st th

e E

thio

pian

s an

d B

ritis

h, a

str

uggl

e th

at d

evas

tate

d th

e So

mal

i Pen

insu

la a

nd r

esul

ted

in th

e de

ath

of a

n es

timat

ed o

ne-t

hird

of

nort

hern

Som

alia

's po

pula

tion

and

the

near

des

truc

tion

of it

s ec

onom

y…’

(C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

394

: ‘Fo

ur c

ombi

ned

Bri

tish-

Eth

iopi

an c

ampa

igns

wer

e un

dert

aken

fro

m 1

901

to 1

904

… T

he f

irst

exp

editi

on, m

ount

ed in

190

1 …

atta

ck o

n D

ervi

sh f

ortif

icat

ions

at E

rigo

by

the

Som

ali m

erce

nari

es r

esul

ted

in c

asua

lties

of

108

kille

d an

d 62

wou

nded

for

the

atta

cker

s an

d 60

kill

ed f

or

the

defe

nder

s. …

On

Apr

il 17

, 190

3 a

Bri

tish-

led

unite

d w

as a

mbu

shed

by

1,40

0 gu

erill

as a

t Gum

buru

and

ove

r 20

0 so

ldie

rs w

ere

kille

d, w

ith 4

1 of

the

46 s

urvi

vors

wou

nded

. On

Janu

ary

10, 1

904,

a B

ritis

h fo

rce

of 1

,000

und

er M

ajor

Gen

eral

Cha

rles

Ege

rton

def

eate

d 5,

000

Som

alis

at

Jidb

alli,

infl

ictin

g at

leas

t 400

cas

ualti

es o

n th

e re

bels

at a

cos

t of

27 k

illed

… I

n A

ugus

t 191

3 …

the

150-

man

Som

ali C

amel

Con

stab

ular

y, le

d by

Ric

hard

Cor

fiel

d, w

as a

mbu

shed

by

the

mul

lah’

s m

en a

nd n

earl

y w

iped

out

at D

ul M

adob

a.’

(OnW

ar.c

om 1

999)

: ‘…

the

Mul

lah

follo

wed

up

his

firs

t cou

p of

Apr

il 18

99 b

y a

furt

her

succ

essf

ul f

oray

aga

inst

the

Hab

r Y

unis

in A

ugus

t, an

d he

reo

ccup

ied

Bur

ao w

ith a

for

ce e

stim

ated

at 5

000

men

. … D

urin

g th

e fi

rst s

even

mon

ths

of 1

900,

the

Mul

lah

was

com

para

tivel

y in

activ

e …

T

he f

irst

exp

editi

on s

tart

ed in

Apr

il 19

01 …

cas

ualti

es in

flic

ted

on th

e D

ervi

shes

wer

e es

timat

ed a

t som

e 1,

200

kille

d an

d w

ound

ed …

sec

ond

expe

ditio

n w

as la

unch

ed in

Jun

e 19

02 …

the

Der

vish

es s

usta

ined

som

e 1,

400

casu

altie

s …

The

adv

ance

fro

m O

bbia

com

men

ced

on th

e 22

nd

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Febr

uary

190

3 …

The

Der

vish

cas

ualti

es, e

stim

ated

by

som

e at

2,7

00, a

re u

nkno

wn:

for

no

Bri

tish

offi

cer

surv

ived

… c

asua

lties

wer

e al

l of

fice

rs (

9) a

nd 1

87 m

en k

illed

and

29

men

wou

nded

. Ano

ther

act

ion

at D

arat

oleh

… r

esul

ted

in th

e in

flic

tion

of h

eavy

cas

ualti

es o

n th

e [M

ulla

h], [

Bri

tish]

loss

es a

mou

ntin

g to

2 o

ffic

ers

and

13 m

en k

illed

, and

4 o

ffic

ers

and

25 m

en w

ound

ed. I

n th

e m

eant

ime

the

Aby

ssin

ians

in

flic

ted

a cr

ushi

ng d

efea

t on

the

Der

vish

es, c

laim

ing

to h

ave

kille

d 10

00 o

f th

eir

spea

rmen

. … [

The

Mul

lah’

s] c

asua

lties

in th

e ac

tual

fig

ht a

t Ji

dbal

li (b

oth

Janu

ary

1904

) m

ust h

ave

been

ver

y la

rge;

but

far

gre

ater

wer

e hi

s lo

sses

dur

ing

the

cour

se o

f hi

s su

bseq

uent

flig

ht n

orth

war

ds to

Ji

dali

… T

he m

oral

of

his

Der

vish

es a

s a

figh

ting

body

had

bee

n ut

terl

y de

stro

yed;

and

thei

r nu

mbe

rs, e

stim

ated

at 6

,000

to 8

,000

bef

ore

Jidb

alli,

co

uld

not h

ave

exce

eded

800

on

the

conc

lusi

on o

f th

e ca

mpa

ign.

’ (W

hite

200

4): ‘

By

sum

min

g th

e ba

ttle

casu

altie

s in

the

cam

paig

ns th

at a

re d

escr

ibed

in th

e O

nWar

.com

ess

ay f

or th

e 18

99–

1905

pha

se o

f th

e w

ar, I

det

erm

ined

that

the

derv

ishe

s su

ffer

ed s

ome

11,7

00 c

asua

lties

(K

+W)

figh

ting

the

Bri

tish,

whi

ch w

ould

com

e to

aro

und

3,00

0 K

IA, p

lus

anot

her

1,00

0 ki

lled

in b

attle

with

the

Aby

ssin

ians

. The

Bri

tish

lost

som

ethi

ng o

ver

200

KIA

.’

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

Est

imat

ed 4

,200

dea

ths,

fro

m W

hite

. Tre

nded

with

190

1–4

as th

e pe

ak y

ears

of

figh

ting.

B

oer

Wa

r o

f 1899, 11

Oct

ob

er 1

89

9–31 M

ay 1

902 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 3

95)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

UK

22

,000

T

otal

35

,000

(D

upuy

and

Dup

uy 1

986)

: P.

855

: ‘T

otal

Bri

tish

casu

altie

s w

ere

5,77

4 ki

lled

and

22,8

29 w

ound

ed. T

he B

oers

lost

an

esti

mat

ed 4

,000

kill

ed…

’ [W

ood,

296

8 #2

53: 2

3]: E

stim

ates

22,

000

Bri

tish

sold

iers

dea

d, 1

4,00

0 of

thes

e fr

om d

isea

se, 4

,000

Boe

r so

ldie

rs a

nd 2

0,00

0 B

oer

civi

lians

de

ad.

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 3

28: ‘

Thi

s [B

ritis

h] f

orce

of

near

ly h

alf

a m

illio

n m

en s

uffe

red

7,58

2 ba

ttle

deat

hs, i

nclu

ding

712

off

icer

s—5,

774

KIA

and

1,8

08 D

OW

. A

noth

er 1

3,13

9, in

clud

ing

406

offi

cers

, die

d of

dis

ease

, mos

t of

them

fro

m e

nter

ic f

ever

. …m

akin

g a

gran

d to

tal o

f 21

,942

dea

d fr

om a

ll ca

uses

. …

Boe

rs in

uni

form

die

d in

com

bat t

o th

e nu

mbe

r of

6,6

50; 1

,150

mor

e di

ed o

f di

seas

e an

d 1,

000

died

fro

m o

ther

cau

ses…

But

the

real

toll

for

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the

Afr

ikaa

ners

fel

l am

ong

thos

e ou

t of

unif

orm

. At l

east

18,

000,

and

pos

sibl

y as

man

y as

28,

000,

Boe

r ci

vilia

ns d

ied

in th

e co

ncen

trat

ion

cam

ps

set u

p by

Kitc

hene

r. A

nd f

inal

ly, a

n of

ten

forg

otte

n st

atis

tic o

f th

e B

oer

War

was

the

12,0

00 b

lack

s w

ho d

ied,

mos

tly f

rom

dis

ease

, on

eith

er s

ide

whi

le s

ervi

ng a

s po

rter

s, s

erva

nts,

and

labo

rers

with

the

cont

endi

ng a

rmie

s.’

(Pak

enha

m 1

979)

: P.

572

:

Est

imat

es o

ver

100,

000

casu

altie

s am

ong

the

365,

693

impe

rial

and

82,

742

colo

nial

troo

ps f

ight

ing

on th

e B

ritis

h si

de: 2

2,00

0 de

ad, 5

,774

kill

ed

by e

nem

y ac

tion

or a

ccid

ent,

16,1

68 d

ied

of w

ound

s or

dis

ease

. E

stim

ates

ove

r 7,

000

dead

am

ong

the

87,3

65 B

oers

, inc

ludi

ng 2

,120

for

eign

vol

unte

ers

Est

imat

es o

f B

oer

men

, wom

en a

nd c

hild

ren

dead

in c

once

ntra

tion

cam

ps f

rom

18,

000

to 2

8,00

0 P.

573

: 107

,000

Afr

ican

s w

ere

held

in c

once

ntra

tion

cam

ps, d

eath

s ar

e es

timat

ed f

rom

7,0

00 to

12,

000

P. 5

73: ‘

How

man

y de

aths

wer

e th

ere

amon

g th

e A

fric

ans

who

fou

ght o

n th

e si

de o

f th

e B

ritis

h—th

e te

n th

ousa

nd a

rmed

Afr

ican

s w

ho s

erve

d as

sc

outs

, gui

des

and

bloc

khou

se g

uard

s, a

nd th

e th

irty

to f

orty

thou

sand

una

rmed

Afr

ican

s w

ho w

orke

d as

dri

vers

, lab

oure

rs a

nd s

o on

? T

he B

oers

op

enly

adm

itted

kill

ing

the

arm

ed A

fric

an w

hen

they

cap

ture

d th

em, a

nd th

ere

is m

uch

unpu

blis

hed

evid

ence

that

they

kill

ed th

e un

arm

ed o

nes

too.

’ (A

ttrid

ge 2

003:

3):

B

ritis

h: 7

,792

KIA

B

ritis

h di

ed o

f di

seas

e: 1

3,25

0

Boe

rs k

illed

: 6,0

00

Boe

r w

omen

and

chi

ldre

n de

ad in

con

cent

ratio

n ca

mps

: 26,

370

died

P.

3: ‘

The

off

icia

l fig

ure

of 1

4,15

4 bl

acks

dyi

ng in

cam

ps in

now

kno

wn

to b

e w

rong

. It w

as o

ver

20,0

00—

they

wer

e in

carc

erat

ed b

ecau

se th

e B

ritis

h fe

ared

they

mig

ht h

elp

the

Boe

rs a

nd b

ecau

se a

che

ap la

bour

for

ce w

ould

be

need

ed o

nce

the

gold

min

es in

Witw

ater

sran

d w

ere

reop

ened

.’

Bri

tish

KIA

:

5,77

4 B

oer

KIA

:

6,65

0 T

otal

:

12,4

24

Bri

tish

Con

qu

est

of

Kan

o &

Sok

oto

, 19 J

an

uary

–27 J

uly

1903 (

CO

W W

ar

No.

396)

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Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

UK

1,

000

Tot

al

Unk

now

n (C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

394

–5: ‘

Kan

o fe

ll to

the

inva

ders

on

Febr

uary

3, w

ith th

e 1,

300

defe

nder

s lo

sing

som

e 30

0 ki

lled.

In

orde

r to

enl

arge

upo

n th

is c

onqu

est,

Sir

Fred

eric

k L

ugar

d th

en m

arch

ed w

ith a

n ar

med

for

ce, f

rom

his

Wes

t Afr

ican

Fro

ntie

r Fo

rce

of 2

00 o

ffic

ers

and

2,00

0 na

tive

sold

iers

, on

Soko

to,

the

suze

rain

sta

te o

f K

ano.

Sok

oto

was

cap

ture

d by

the

Bri

tish

on M

arch

15,

with

100

of

its d

efen

ders

dyi

ng in

the

assa

ult.

… R

esis

tanc

e co

ntin

ued

for

som

e m

onth

s. I

n on

e ep

ic li

ttle

battl

e at

Kot

oros

hi, 4

5 m

ount

ed in

fant

rym

en o

f th

e W

est A

fric

an F

ront

ier

Forc

e re

puls

ed a

ttack

s by

3,

000

trib

esm

en, k

illin

g 65

of

them

.’

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

The

CO

W s

tate

dea

ths

figu

re s

eem

s to

o hi

gh f

or U

K lo

sses

and

the

valu

e w

as p

ossi

bly

chos

en to

acc

ord

with

the

thre

shol

d va

lue

set b

y C

OW

for

de

fini

ng a

war

. Clo

dfel

ter

lists

365

Afr

ican

s ki

lled

and

does

not

men

tion

any

Bri

tish

loss

es. L

ow a

nd b

est e

stim

ate:

365

. Hig

h es

timat

e: 1

000.

S

ou

thw

est

Afr

ican

Rev

olt

, 12 J

an

uary

1904–N

ovem

ber

1905 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 397)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Ger

man

y 2,

000

Tot

al

80,0

00

See

Hul

l (20

03)

for

a de

scri

ptio

n of

the

mili

tary

cam

paig

n an

d th

e po

licy

of e

xter

min

atio

n im

plem

ente

d in

this

con

flic

t. (v

on A

lber

tini a

nd W

irz

1982

: 397

): 1

23 c

olon

ists

kill

ed in

the

firs

t day

s of

the

risi

ng. O

ver

2,00

0 G

erm

ans

died

of

all c

ause

s du

ring

the

rebe

llion

. Abo

ut tw

o-th

irds

of

all H

erer

os a

nd o

ne h

alf

of th

e N

ama

died

, in

pris

on c

amps

and

bec

ause

they

wer

e dr

iven

into

the

Kal

ahar

i Des

ert.

(Koh

n 19

86)

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P. 1

82: ‘

The

Her

ero

trib

e ro

se in

reb

ellio

n in

Sou

th W

est A

fric

a in

190

4 …

Abo

ut 8

0 pe

rcen

t of

the

Her

ero

peop

le a

nd 5

0 pe

rcen

t of

the

Hot

tent

ots

wer

e ki

lled.

’ (C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

396

: ‘G

erm

any

lost

in th

e H

erer

o an

d H

otte

ntot

War

676

sol

dier

s an

d 21

1 ci

vilia

ns k

illed

, 76

mis

sing

, and

689

die

d of

dis

ease

… A

t lea

st

11,0

00 b

lack

gue

rilla

s w

ere

kille

d …

the

deat

h to

ll am

ong

blac

k ci

vilia

ns (

herd

ed in

to f

orce

d la

bor

cam

ps)

from

dis

ease

as

wel

l as

Ger

man

bu

llets

… m

ay h

ave

reac

hed

65,0

00 H

erer

os a

nd 1

0,00

0 H

otte

ntot

s. S

ome

9,00

0 of

17,

000

rebe

l PO

Ws

died

…’

(Coc

ker

1999

):

P. 3

45: O

ffic

ial G

erm

an f

igur

es s

how

7,6

82 o

f ab

out 1

7,00

0 pr

ison

ers

in c

once

ntra

tion

cam

ps d

ied

1904

–7

P. 3

45: A

rel

ativ

ely

relia

ble

cens

us in

191

1 pu

ts p

ost-

war

pop

ulat

ion

at 1

5,13

0 fo

r th

e H

erer

o an

d 9,

781

for

the

Nam

a. M

ore

cont

rove

rsy

surr

ound

s es

timat

es o

f th

e pr

e-w

ar p

opul

atio

n.

Pg: 3

46: A

bout

thre

e-qu

arte

rs o

f H

erer

o an

d ha

lf th

e N

ama

had

died

dur

ing

the

war

. The

re w

as a

lso

a 60

% r

educ

tion

in th

e D

amar

a po

pula

tion,

w

ho w

ere

not p

arty

to th

e re

volt.

P.

346

: Est

imat

es 7

5,00

0 A

fric

ans

died

(P

aken

ham

199

2):

P. 6

14–5

: ‘T

roth

a ha

d bo

aste

d of

his

pol

icy—

exte

rmin

atio

n. B

erlin

had

trie

d to

cou

nter

man

d it,

but

to a

gre

at e

xten

t in

had

rem

aine

d hi

s po

licy.

B

efor

e th

e w

ar, t

he H

erer

o w

ere

estim

ated

to b

e at

leas

t 80,

000

stro

ng. I

n A

ugus

t 190

4 m

ore

than

hal

f th

e tr

ibe

had

been

dri

ven

in to

the

Om

ahek

e an

d th

e w

ells

sea

led

behi

nd th

em. …

Onl

y ab

out 5

,000

peo

ple…

som

ehow

bro

ke th

roug

h th

e O

mah

eke

… M

any

Her

ero

surr

ende

red

and

wer

e se

nt to

wor

k in

for

ced

labo

ur c

amps

—a

tota

l of

9,00

0 by

the

sum

mer

of

1905

. But

man

y m

ore

mus

t hav

e di

ed o

f st

arva

tion

or b

een

kille

d in

the

raid

s on

Her

ero

villa

ges

that

con

tinue

d un

til N

ovem

ber

1905

.’

P. 6

15: ‘

Whe

n th

e ce

nsus

was

take

n in

191

1, o

nly

half

the

Nam

a es

timat

ed a

dec

ade

befo

re (

9,80

0 ou

t of

20,0

00)

and

less

than

a q

uart

er o

f th

e or

igin

al n

umbe

r of

Her

ero

(15,

000

out o

f 80

,000

) w

ere

foun

d to

hav

e su

rviv

ed th

e w

ar.’

In

terp

reta

tio

n:

887

Ger

man

sol

dier

and

civ

ilian

s K

IA (

Clo

dfel

ter)

11

,000

Afr

ican

KIA

(C

lodf

elte

r). A

dditi

onal

Afr

ican

dea

ths

estim

ated

to b

e th

e re

sult

of g

enoc

ide.

N

o tr

end

code

d.

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Maji

-Maji

Rev

olt

, Ju

ly 1

905–

Ju

ne

1906

(C

OW

War

No. 399)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Ger

man

y 1,

000

Tot

al

150,

000

(Koh

n 19

86):

P.

270

: ‘A

n es

tim

ated

200

,000

nat

ives

rep

orte

dly

peri

shed

by

hang

ing,

sho

otin

g, s

tarv

atio

n, a

nd d

isea

se.’

(W

hite

200

4): N

otes

a 1

911

offi

cial

est

imat

e of

120

,000

men

, wom

en a

nd c

hild

ren

dead

(v

on A

lber

tini a

nd W

irz

1982

: 398

): ‘

Acc

ordi

ng to

off

icia

l est

imat

es, s

ome

75,0

00 d

ied

in th

e fi

ghtin

g an

d du

ring

the

fam

ine

and

epid

emic

s w

hich

fol

low

ed.’

(P

aken

ham

199

2: 6

22):

‘Fa

min

e ki

lled

mor

e th

an te

n tim

es th

e nu

mbe

r th

at h

ad e

ver

take

n up

arm

s ag

ains

t the

Ger

man

s—25

0,00

0–30

0,00

0 ac

cord

ing

to th

e le

adin

g A

fric

an h

isto

rian

… P

erha

ps h

alf

the

Vid

unda

, mor

e th

an h

alf

the

Mat

umbi

, and

thre

e-qu

arte

rs o

f th

e Pa

ngw

as d

ied

in

the

rebe

llion

or

its a

fter

mat

h.’

(Im

plie

s to

tal r

ebel

str

engt

h of

25,

000

to 3

0,00

0 at

mos

t.)

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 3

96: ‘

Thu

s fo

rtif

ied,

the

Afr

ican

s de

scen

ded

upon

the

bom

a (s

mal

l for

t) o

f K

ilosa

(If

kara

) in

the

sout

h on

Aug

ust 1

6, w

ipin

g ou

t the

tiny

A

skar

i (na

tive

troo

ps)

garr

ison

of

13. …

The

Ger

man

s… w

ent o

n a

grea

t kill

ing

spre

e fr

om O

ctob

er 1

905

to J

une

1906

… a

nyw

here

fro

m

75,0

00 to

120

,000

nat

ives

out

of

a po

pula

tion

of 2

mill

ion

wer

e hu

ng, s

hot,

othe

rwis

e bu

tche

red

in m

yria

d w

ays,

or

died

of

hung

er a

fter

the

Ger

man

s bu

rned

thei

r cr

ops.

Ger

man

s [s

ic]

battl

e de

aths

in th

e co

loni

al p

erio

d th

roug

h 19

18 w

ere

… 1

17 o

ffic

ers

and

1,73

2 no

ncom

s an

d en

liste

d m

en k

illed

in S

outh

wes

t Afr

ica.

’ In

terp

reta

tio

n:

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Thi

s w

ar w

as o

verw

helm

ingl

y on

e of

mas

sacr

e an

d fo

rced

sta

rvat

ion;

by

som

e co

ders

it m

ight

be

cons

ider

ed a

gen

ocid

e. T

here

are

onl

y 13

0 no

ted

battl

e de

aths

am

ong

Ger

man

s an

d na

tive

troo

ps g

arri

sone

d at

Kilo

sa.

Est

imat

ed 1

,000

dea

ths.

B

riti

sh-Z

ulu

War

of

1906,

Ma

rch

19

06–Ju

ly 1

906 (

CO

W W

ar

No

. 400)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

UK

5,

000

Tot

al

Unk

now

n (C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

396

–7: ‘

The

cos

t of

this

sup

pres

sion

was

26

Bri

tons

and

30

blac

ks k

illed

and

37

Bri

tish

sold

iers

wou

nded

. Abo

ut 2

,300

Zul

us w

ere

slai

n an

d 4,

700

take

n pr

ison

er.’

(C

oque

ry 1

988)

: Reb

ellio

n be

gins

with

a Z

ulu

ambu

sh th

at k

ills

two

whi

te p

olic

emen

. The

res

ista

nce

was

sup

pres

sed

thro

ugh

burn

ing

of

villa

ges,

des

truc

tion

of c

rops

, and

con

fisc

atio

n of

live

stoc

k. E

stim

ates

as

man

y as

3,0

00 A

fric

ans

wer

e ki

lled.

In

terp

reta

tio

n:

CO

W f

igur

e fo

r U

K d

eath

s is

too

high

. Est

imat

ed 2

,356

dea

d. (

From

Clo

dfel

ter:

26

Bri

tons

+ 3

0 A

fric

an U

K tr

oops

+2,

300

Zul

us)

Fir

st M

oro

ccan

War,

1911–30 M

arc

h 1

912 (

CO

W W

ar

No

. 401)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Fran

ce

1,00

0 Sp

ain

0 T

otal

U

nkno

wn

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

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P. 3

95: ‘

On

Apr

il 17

, 191

2, M

oroc

can

arm

y un

its m

utin

ied

in th

e M

oroc

can

capi

tal …

slau

ghte

red

19 F

renc

h m

ilita

ry a

dvis

ers,

9 E

urop

ean

civi

lians

, and

43

Mor

occa

n Je

ws.

… O

ne A

lger

ian

com

pany

was

cau

ght i

n th

e re

bel t

rap

and

lost

35

kille

d an

d 70

wou

nded

bef

ore

it co

uld

dise

ngag

e. …

15,0

00 M

oroc

can

trib

esm

en r

enew

ed th

e si

ege

of th

e ci

ty o

n M

ay 2

4. T

hat f

irst

nig

ht o

f th

e si

ege

cost

the

Fren

ch 3

8 K

IA…

Fou

r da

ys la

ter

the

trib

esm

en th

rew

eve

ryth

ing

they

had

aga

inst

the

city

, but

wer

e re

puls

ed w

ith 1

,000

dea

d. …

Act

ion

shif

ted

sout

h la

ter

in th

e ye

ar

…Se

ptem

ber

6, 1

912.

In

the

grea

test

sla

ught

er o

f th

e co

nque

st, 2

,000

Mor

occa

ns w

ere

slai

n. F

renc

h fi

repo

wer

had

ach

ieve

d th

is v

icto

ry a

t a c

ost

only

[si

c] 2

KIA

and

23

WIA

.’

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

The

CO

W f

igur

e of

1,0

00 m

ay s

impl

y ha

ve b

een

adop

ted

in a

ccor

d w

ith th

eir

min

imum

def

initi

on a

war

. It s

eem

s to

o hi

gh f

or F

renc

h lo

sses

. 19

11: N

o in

form

atio

n av

aila

ble.

L

ow e

stim

ate:

50

dead

H

igh

estim

ate:

200

dea

d B

est e

stim

ate:

100

dea

d 19

12: D

eath

s re

port

ed in

Clo

dfel

ter

tota

l 3,1

46. E

stim

ated

3,1

46 K

IA.

The

par

ticip

ant f

ile g

ives

Fre

nch

and

Span

ish

deat

hs a

s un

know

n.

Sin

o-T

ibet

an

Wa

r of

1912, M

arc

h 1

912–A

pri

l 191

3 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 402)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Chi

na

2,00

0 T

otal

U

nkno

wn

(Eck

hard

t 199

6): E

stim

ates

2,0

00 d

ead.

(D

upuy

and

Dup

uy 1

986)

:

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P. 1

009–

10: ‘

1911

, Oct

ober

10

… D

urin

g th

is ti

me

Tib

et r

ose

agai

nst C

hine

se r

ule

and

drov

e th

e C

hine

se g

arri

son

out o

f th

e co

untr

y. B

rita

in

prev

ente

d an

y su

bseq

uent

Chi

nese

eff

orts

to r

e-es

tabl

ish

auth

ority

in T

ibet

by

forc

e.’

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

Est

imat

ed 2

,000

dea

ths.

S

econ

d M

oro

ccan

War,

1916–1917

(C

OW

War

No. 404)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Fran

ce

2,00

0 Sp

ain

0 T

otal

U

nkno

wn

(Eck

hard

t 199

6): 2

,000

dea

d.

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

Est

imat

ed 2

,000

dea

ths.

S

ino-T

ibet

an

Wa

r of

1918, 7 J

an

uary

–A

ugu

st 1

918 (

CO

W W

ar

No.

405)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Chi

na

1,00

0 T

otal

U

nkno

wn

(Eck

hard

t 199

6): 1

,000

dea

d.

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

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Est

imat

ed 1

,000

dea

ths.

C

aco

Rev

olt

, 17 O

ctob

er 1

918–19 M

ay 1

920

(C

OW

War

No. 406)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

USA

28

T

otal

2,

102

(Fag

g 19

65: 1

31):

‘A

caco le

ader

nam

ed C

harl

emag

ne P

eral

te r

aise

d pe

rhap

s 20

,000

rur

al H

aitia

ns in

reb

ellio

n… P

erha

ps 2

,250

Hai

tians

lost

th

eir

lives

.’

(Rog

ozin

ski 1

994:

240

): ‘

The

reb

els

– va

riou

sly

estim

ated

at 2

,000

to 4

0,00

0 –

easi

ly d

efea

ted

the

loca

l gen

darm

erie

… A

ccor

ding

to o

ffic

ial

reco

rds,

the

mar

ines

lost

thir

teen

of

thei

r nu

mbe

r w

hile

kill

ing

3,07

1 H

aitia

ns.’

(C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

425

: ‘T

he m

ost s

erio

us in

surg

ency

occ

urre

d in

Hai

ti…T

he r

ebel

lion

last

ed f

or m

ore

than

19

mon

ths,

Oct

ober

17,

191

8–M

ay 1

9, 1

920.

Bot

h C

aco

lead

ers

wer

e ki

lled

in b

attle

, alo

ng w

ith a

t lea

st 2

,004

of

thei

r m

en. T

he M

arin

es lo

st 2

8 ki

lled

in a

ctio

n an

d th

e G

enda

rmer

ie lo

st 7

0 ki

lled.

’ (H

einl

and

Hei

nl 1

978,

462

): ‘

The

bes

t evi

denc

e, w

hich

is n

ot v

ery

satis

fact

ory

for

eith

er s

ide,

sug

gest

s th

at, i

n pu

tting

dow

n th

e C

acos

, Mar

ines

an

d G

enda

rmer

ie s

usta

ined

98

kille

d an

d w

ound

ed; a

nd f

rom

191

5 th

roug

h 19

20 s

ome

2,25

0 C

acos

wer

e ki

lled

… E

xam

inat

ion

of r

epor

ts o

n w

hich

the

num

ber

of C

aco

casu

altie

s se

ems

to h

ave

been

bas

ed, h

owev

er, s

ugge

sts

that

man

y su

ch m

ay h

ave

been

infl

ated

… N

o su

ch s

tudy

yet

ex

ists

, but

it w

ould

be

surp

risi

ng in

deed

if th

e co

ntem

pora

ry c

ount

of

2,25

0 C

aco

dead

with

stoo

d re

-exa

min

atio

n…’

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

The

fol

low

ing

is th

e ra

nge

of lo

sses

that

app

ears

in th

e so

urce

s id

entif

ied:

U

S M

arin

es: 1

3–28

G

enda

rmer

ie: 7

0 H

aitia

ns: 2

,004

–3,0

71, w

ith 2

,250

as

the

mos

t wid

ely

cite

d fi

gure

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Low

est

imat

e: 1

3 +

70 +

2,0

04 =

2,0

89

Hig

h es

timat

e: 2

8 +

70 +

3,0

71 =

3,1

69

Bes

t est

imat

e: 2

8 +

70 +

2,2

50 =

2,3

48

Bri

tish

-Afg

han

War

of

1919, M

ay

–8

Au

gu

st 1

919 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 408)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

UK

1,

000

Tot

al

Unk

now

n (C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

391

: ‘T

he v

icto

r’s

casu

altie

s w

ere

236

KIA

, 615

WIA

. … A

fgha

n lo

sses

are

unk

now

n bu

t und

oubt

edly

muc

h he

avie

r. I

n ad

ditio

n to

thei

r ba

ttle

deat

hs, t

he A

nglo

-Ind

ian

forc

es r

epor

ted

566

deat

hs f

rom

cho

lera

and

334

dea

ths

from

oth

er d

isea

ses

and

othe

r ca

uses

.’

(Ada

mec

199

6, 2

33):

236

Bri

tish

sold

iers

kill

ed, 6

15 w

ound

ed, 5

66 d

eath

s of

cho

lera

and

334

of

othe

r di

seas

es a

nd a

ccid

ents

. No

figu

res

avai

labl

e fo

r A

fgha

n lo

sses

. (O

nWar

.com

199

9): ‘

The

mon

th lo

ng w

ar r

esul

ted

in a

bout

1,0

00 A

fgha

n de

ad a

nd 2

,000

Bri

tish

and

colo

nial

dea

ths.

’ In

terp

reta

tio

n:

Est

imat

ed 2

36 B

ritis

h K

IA (

Clo

dfel

ter)

and

1,0

00 A

fgha

n K

IA (

OnW

ar.c

om).

F

ran

co-S

yri

an

War,

19

20 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 409)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Fran

ce

5,00

0 T

otal

U

nkno

wn

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(Eck

hard

t 199

6): E

stim

ates

5,0

00 d

ead.

(C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

392

: ‘B

etw

een

Janu

ary

1919

and

Apr

il 19

20 F

renc

h re

cord

s sh

ow th

at th

eir

forc

es h

ad lo

st 1

50 o

ffic

ers

and

3,43

2 en

liste

d m

en k

illed

in b

attle

or

die

d of

dis

ease

and

had

suf

fere

d 2,

400

wou

nded

.’

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

The

CO

W f

igur

e fo

r st

ate

loss

es p

roba

bly

incl

udes

dea

ths

from

all

caus

es r

athe

r th

an K

IA. N

o re

cord

is a

vaila

ble

of S

yria

n lo

sses

, so

5,00

0 w

as

code

d as

an

estim

ate

of b

attle

dea

ths

on b

oth

side

s. P

artic

ipan

t los

ses

code

d as

unk

now

n.

Iraq

i-B

riti

sh W

ar,

Ju

ne

1920–192

1 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 41

0)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

UK

2,

000

Tot

al

Unk

now

n (E

ckha

rdt 1

996)

: Est

imat

es 1

,000

mili

tary

dea

d.

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 3

92: ‘

Cas

ualti

es f

or th

e oc

cupa

tion

forc

es in

clud

ed 4

26 K

IA, 6

15 M

IA, a

nd 1

,228

WIA

. Abo

ut 8

,450

Ira

qis

died

in th

e re

belli

on.’

(W

hite

200

4): N

otes

a 1

9 A

pril

2003

art

icle

in th

e G

uard

ian r

epor

ting

9,00

0 Ir

aqis

and

9 B

ritis

h ha

d di

ed.

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

8,87

6 ba

ttle

deat

hs e

stim

ated

fro

m C

lodf

elte

r. N

o tr

end.

It

alo

–L

ibyan

Wa

r, J

un

e 1920

–Ju

ly 1

932 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 41

2)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Ital

y 5,

000

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Tot

al

40,0

00

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 3

98: ‘

Ove

r 10

0,00

0 Se

nuss

i, ne

arly

50%

of

the

trib

e’s

popu

latio

n, h

ad d

ied

duri

ng th

e in

surr

ectio

n, m

ost o

f th

em in

Gra

zian

i’s

conc

entr

atio

n ca

mps

. … A

ctua

l com

bat d

eath

s on

bot

h si

des

duri

ng th

e w

ar to

tale

d ab

out 4

0,00

0.’

(Whi

te 2

004)

: Jo

hn W

righ

t in

Lib

ya:

A M

oder

n H

isto

ry (

1982

) es

timat

es th

at th

e na

tive

popu

latio

n fe

ll by

125

,000

. Qad

dhaf

i cla

imed

in 1

969

that

750

,000

L

ibya

ns (

i.e. h

alf

the

tota

l pop

ulat

ion)

die

d un

der

the

Ital

ians

. Whi

le a

dmin

iste

ring

the

terr

itory

pri

or to

inde

pend

ence

, the

UN

est

imat

ed th

at

250,

000

to 3

00,0

00 n

ativ

es d

ied

betw

een

1912

and

194

2.

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

Est

imat

ed 4

0,00

0 K

IA (

Clo

dfel

ter

& C

OW

) of

whi

ch 5

,000

wer

e It

alia

n K

IA (

CO

W)

Rif

f R

ebel

lion

, 18

Ju

ly 1

921–27

Ma

y 1

926 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 413)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Fran

ce

4,00

0 Sp

ain

25,0

00

Tot

al

40,0

00

(Eck

hard

t 199

6): E

stim

ates

11,

000

civi

lian

and

29,0

00 m

ilita

ry w

ar-r

elat

ed d

eath

s (K

ohn

1986

):

P. 3

72–3

: ‘Si

lves

tre

and

som

e 12

,000

Spa

nish

troo

ps (

out o

f a

tota

l of

20,0

00)

wer

e sl

ain

by th

e R

if a

t the

Bat

tle o

f A

nnua

l on

July

21,

192

1.’

(OnW

ar.c

om 1

999)

: E

stim

ates

the

follo

win

g lo

sses

by

grou

p:

Ber

bers

: 5,0

00

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Fran

ce: 1

6,00

0

Spai

n: 1

5,00

0 T

OT

AL

: 36,

000

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 3

98: ‘

The

con

ques

t of

the

Rif

cos

t Spa

in 6

3,00

0 ba

ttle

casu

altie

s. N

earl

y 50

,000

Spa

niar

ds d

ied

in b

attle

or

from

dis

ease

. Fra

nce…

lost

10,

000

dead

in a

nd o

ut o

f ba

ttle.

Act

ual b

attle

cas

ualti

es f

or F

renc

h fo

rces

wer

e 2,

500

kille

d (i

nclu

ding

940

Fre

nchm

en; t

he r

est w

ere

colo

nial

troo

ps)

and

8,50

0 w

ound

ed. T

he R

if r

ebel

s lo

st a

bout

30,

000

kille

d or

wou

nded

.’

(Pay

ne 1

967:

494

):

‘The

onl

y av

aila

ble

stat

istic

s on

the

num

ber

of d

ead

mis

sing

lost

by

the

Span

ish

Arm

y …

’ re

ad a

s fo

llow

s:

1916

: 281

Eur

opea

ns, u

nkno

wn

num

ber

of R

egul

ares

19

17: 1

83 E

urop

eans

, unk

now

n nu

mbe

r of

Reg

ular

es

1918

: 370

Eur

opea

ns, u

nkno

wn

num

ber

of R

egul

ares

19

19: 4

87 E

urop

eans

, 10

Reg

ular

es

1920

: 549

Eur

opea

ns, 1

2 R

egul

ares

19

21: 1

0,22

5 E

urop

eans

, 13

Reg

ular

es

1922

: 548

Eur

opea

ns, 2

27 R

egul

ares

19

23: 3

66 E

urop

eans

, 142

Reg

ular

es

1924

: 3,2

66 E

urop

eans

, 1,0

91 R

egul

ares

19

25: 3

99 E

urop

eans

, 220

Reg

ular

es

1926

: 213

Eur

opea

ns, 3

10 R

egul

ares

19

27: 1

95 E

urop

eans

, 369

Reg

ular

es

Tot

al: 1

7,08

2 E

urop

eans

, 2,3

94 R

egul

ares

In

terp

reta

tio

n:

Ber

bers

: 5,0

00 (

OnW

ar.c

om)

Fran

ce: 2

,500

(C

lodf

elte

r)

Spai

n: 1

5,01

7 E

urop

eans

+ 2

,003

Reg

ular

es (

Payn

e) =

17,

020

Tot

al: 2

4,52

0.

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Tre

nd b

ased

on

Span

ish

loss

es f

rom

Pay

ne.

Mop

lah

Reb

elli

on

, N

ovem

ber

192

1–F

ebru

ary

1922 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 414

)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

UK

13

7 T

otal

2,

474

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 3

90: ‘

In th

e so

uthe

rn p

rovi

nce

of M

adra

s an

ant

i-B

ritis

h an

d an

ti-H

indu

out

brea

k in

Aug

ust 1

921

by M

uslim

reb

els

calle

d M

opla

hs r

equi

red

a m

ajor

cou

nter

guer

illa

effo

rt b

y th

e B

ritis

h, O

ctob

er 1

921–

Febr

uary

192

2. …

The

tally

for

this

Mop

lah

Reb

ellio

n w

as 2

,337

reb

els

kille

d, 1

,652

w

ound

ed, a

nd 5

,700

cap

ture

d, h

undr

eds

of H

indu

civ

ilian

s sl

ain,

and

137

cas

ualti

es a

mon

g th

e se

curi

ty f

orce

s.’

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

Los

ses

by g

roup

hav

e be

en g

iven

as

2,33

7 in

surg

ents

kill

ed +

137

sec

urity

for

ces

+ ‘

hund

reds

’ of

sla

in c

ivili

ans.

The

low

est

imat

e fo

r ci

vilia

n de

aths

was

200

, the

hig

h es

timat

e w

as 9

00, a

nd th

e m

ean

of th

ese

figu

res,

or

350,

was

use

d as

a b

est e

stim

ate

of c

ivili

an lo

sses

. N

o tr

end

code

d.

Fra

nco

-Dru

ze W

ar,

18 J

uly

1925–1 J

un

e 1927 (

CO

W W

ar

No.

416)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Fran

ce

4,00

0 T

otal

8,

000

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 3

92–3

: ‘L

ed b

y Su

ltan

el-A

tras

h, th

e D

ruze

trib

esm

en r

evol

ted

on J

uly

18, 1

925.

A F

renc

h co

lum

n… w

as s

ent p

acki

ng, A

ugus

t 2–3

, with

600

K

IA…

On

the

nigh

t of

Sept

embe

r 16

som

e 3,

000

trib

esm

en a

ttack

ed a

Fre

nch

Fore

ign

Leg

ion…

The

Leg

ionn

aire

s re

puls

ed th

e at

tack

, kill

ed

500

Dru

ze a

nd w

ound

ed 5

00, b

ut lo

st 4

7 K

IA …

On

Nov

embe

r 20

a s

quad

ron

of L

egio

n ca

valr

y, s

ome

120

men

, was

sur

roun

ded…

A r

elie

f

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forc

e fo

ught

its

way

thro

ugh

to th

e sq

uadr

on’s

res

cue

four

day

s la

ter,

but

by

then

onl

y 35

Leg

ionn

aire

s re

mai

ned

aliv

e. …

Mea

nwhi

le, t

he

rebe

llion

had

spr

ead

to D

amas

cus

… th

e Fr

ench

gar

riso

n th

ere

with

drew

…O

ctob

er 1

4 an

d th

en p

umm

eled

the

Syri

an c

apita

l with

a tw

o-da

y ar

tille

ry, a

ir, a

nd ta

nk b

omba

rdm

ent,

Oct

ober

18–

19, t

hat k

illed

ove

r 50

0 ci

vilia

ns. T

he F

renc

h re

occu

pied

Dam

ascu

s, b

ut th

e ci

ty w

as a

gain

sw

ept b

y re

belli

on o

n Ju

ly 1

8, 1

926.

A s

econ

d, e

ven

mor

e in

tens

e sh

ellin

g an

d ae

rial

bom

bard

men

t of

the

city

fol

low

ed …

kill

ed 1

,000

Syr

ians

. …

The

Fre

nch

had

to …

sac

rifi

ce 4

,000

live

s in

bat

tle b

ut b

y th

e su

mm

er o

f 19

27 th

e D

ruze

had

to a

ccep

t def

eat…

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

Est

imat

ed 8

,000

tota

l dea

ths,

and

tren

ded

this

est

imat

e ba

sed

on C

lodf

elte

r’s

desc

ript

ion

of s

peci

fic

battl

es.

Say

a S

an

’s R

ebel

lion

, D

ecem

ber

1930–J

un

e 1932

(C

OW

War

No. 417)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

UK

10

,000

T

otal

U

nkno

wn

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 3

93: ‘

Saya

San

’s g

ueri

lla f

orce

was

cal

led

the

Gal

en A

rmy

and

num

bere

d ab

out 1

,500

. The

upr

isin

g sp

read

to C

entr

al a

nd U

pper

Bur

ma.

Ten

th

ousa

nd r

ebel

s w

ere

kille

d, 1

28 o

f th

eir

lead

ers

wer

e st

rung

up,

and

ove

r 9,

000

insu

rgen

ts w

ere

inca

rcer

ated

.’

(Htin

Aun

g 19

67: 2

92):

‘T

he r

ebel

lion

was

fin

ally

sup

pres

sed

in 1

930–

32 b

y w

hich

tim

e 10

,000

reb

els

had

been

kill

ed, 9

,000

had

bee

n ca

ptur

ed

and

give

n pr

ison

term

s, a

nd 1

28, …

had

bee

n ha

nged

.’

(von

Alb

ertin

i and

Wir

z 19

82: 1

26):

‘R

ough

ly 3

,000

Bur

mes

e w

ere

kille

d or

wou

nded

, 9,0

00 ta

ken

pris

oner

, 350

arr

este

d, a

nd 1

28 h

ange

d,

incl

udin

g Sa

ya S

an h

imse

lf.’

(D

onni

son

1970

: 119

): ‘

Cas

ualti

es o

n th

e go

vern

men

t sid

e, in

clud

ing

troo

ps, p

olic

e, h

eadm

en, a

nd c

ivili

ans,

wer

e ab

out 7

0 ki

lled

(tw

o of

thes

e w

ere

Bri

tish)

and

88

wou

nded

. ‘Se

vera

l sco

re’

of I

ndia

ns lo

st th

eir

lives

. On

the

rebe

l sid

e kn

own

casu

altie

s am

ount

ed to

3,0

00. S

ome

9,00

0 su

rren

dere

d or

wer

e ta

ken

pris

oner

… 7

8 w

ere

hang

ed.’

(T

his

sour

ce d

oes

not c

lari

fy w

heth

er r

ebel

‘ca

sual

ties’

incl

udes

wou

nded

.)

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Inte

rpre

tati

on:

Gov

ernm

ent l

osse

s w

ere

estim

ated

as

abou

t 70

by D

onni

son.

T

he f

igur

e of

10,

000

rebe

ls k

illed

may

incl

ude

all d

eath

s du

e to

war

; it s

eem

s to

o hi

gh g

iven

the

size

of

Saya

San

’s f

orce

. Von

Alb

ertin

i & W

irz

esti

mat

e 3,

000

battl

e ca

sual

ties,

impl

ying

per

haps

1,0

00 r

ebel

KIA

. L

ow a

nd b

est e

stim

ate:

1,0

70

Hig

h es

timat

e: 3

,070

B

riti

sh-P

ale

stin

ian

War,

20 A

pri

l 1

936–17 M

ay 1

939 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 418)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

UK

2,

849

Tot

al

Unk

now

n (M

iddl

eEas

tRef

eren

ce.o

rg.u

k 20

04):

5,0

32 P

ales

tinia

ns k

illed

and

146

han

ged

(Dup

uy a

nd D

upuy

198

6):

P. 1

042:

‘T

he r

evol

t was

sup

pres

sed

by th

e B

ritis

h on

ly a

fter

the

loss

of

seve

ral t

hous

and

lives

.’

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 3

93: ‘

The

reb

ellio

n’s

toll

incl

uded

126

mem

bers

of

the

Bri

tish

secu

rity

for

ces

kille

d, a

long

with

547

Jew

s an

d 2,

176

Ara

b na

tiona

list a

nd

nonc

omba

tant

s.’

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

The

CO

W f

igur

e is

exa

ctly

that

in C

lodf

elte

r. T

his

num

ber

shou

ld n

ot h

ave

been

cod

ed a

s U

K d

eath

s.

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Bes

t and

Low

est

imat

e (f

rom

Clo

dfel

ter)

: 126

Bri

tish

forc

es +

547

Jew

s +

2,17

6 A

rabs

= 2

,849

H

igh

estim

ate

from

Clo

dfel

ter

and

Mid

dleE

astR

efer

ence

: 126

Bri

tish

secu

rity

for

ces

+ 5

47 J

ews

+ 5,

032

Ara

bs =

5,7

05

In

ters

tate

Wars

B

ox

er R

ebel

lion

, 17 J

un

e–14 A

ugu

st 1

900 (

CO

W W

ar

No.

82)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Chi

na

2,00

0 Fr

ance

24

Ja

pan

622

UK

34

U

SA

21

Rus

sia

302

Tot

al

3,00

3 (R

umm

el 1

991)

: Est

imat

es 1

0,00

0 de

ad in

war

and

105

,000

dea

d in

dem

ocid

e (W

ood

1968

, 3):

Est

imat

es C

hine

se m

ilita

ry f

atal

ities

at 1

,500

. (D

upuy

and

Dup

uy 1

986)

: P.

100

8–9:

‘T

he [

allie

d] f

orce

ret

urne

d to

thei

r sh

ips

[Jun

e 26

] ha

ving

suf

fere

d 30

0 ca

sual

ties.

…19

00, A

ugus

t …to

rel

ieve

the

dipl

omat

ic g

roup

, pi

nned

in th

e B

ritis

h L

egat

ion

com

poun

d. …

Cas

ualti

es a

mon

g th

e ci

vilia

n vo

lunt

eers

wer

e 12

kill

ed a

nd 2

3 w

ound

ed, w

hile

the

guar

d de

tach

men

ts lo

st 4

off

icer

and

49

men

kill

ed …

Res

cued

als

o w

ere

the

defe

nder

s of

the

P’ei

Tan

g, c

ompo

und

of th

e C

atho

lic c

athe

dral

. … S

even

m

arin

es, 4

pri

ests

, and

an

estim

ated

400

of

the

Chr

istia

n C

hine

se h

ad b

een

kille

d in

the

figh

ting.

’ (C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

400

: ‘In

Jun

e 19

00 th

e B

oxer

s w

ent o

n a

ram

page

. … A

cros

s C

hina

106

mis

sion

arie

s an

d th

eir

fam

ilies

wer

e sl

ain,

incl

udin

g 29

chi

ldre

n. …

In

Pek

ing

the

fore

ign

lega

tions

wer

e be

sieg

ed …

By

the

time

the

lega

tions

wer

e re

lieve

d on

Aug

ust 1

4, 5

4 of

its

defe

nder

s, 1

1 no

ncom

bata

nts

and

9 C

hine

se C

hris

tian

conv

erts

had

bee

n ki

lled…

An

earl

y at

tem

pt to

res

cue

the

lega

tions

…w

as r

epel

led

by J

une

27 w

ith a

loss

of

62 K

IA…

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A la

ndin

g fo

rce

of 9

00 m

arin

es a

nd b

luej

acke

ts s

eize

d th

e fo

rts

at a

cos

t of

172

casu

altie

s. …

the

allie

s on

Jul

y 13

–14

laun

ched

an

atta

ck o

n T

ient

sin’

s C

hine

se Q

uart

er. L

osse

s w

ere

heav

y—75

0 ki

lled

or w

ound

ed …

and

som

e 50

00 C

hine

se w

ere

kille

d or

inju

red.

… a

t Pei

tsan

g on

A

ugus

t 5, w

ith th

e Ja

pane

se d

oing

mos

t of

the

figh

ting

and

suff

erin

g m

ost o

f th

e ca

sual

ties—

som

e 30

0 ki

lled

or w

ound

ed in

tota

l. …

Stif

f fi

ghtin

g on

Aug

ust 1

3 co

st th

e Ja

pane

se 2

00 c

asua

lties

and

the

Rus

sian

s w

ere

repe

lled

in a

n at

tack

on

the

Tun

g Pi

en G

ate,

losi

ng 2

6 K

IA…

the

Cat

holic

com

poun

d at

P’e

i Tan

g [l

ost]

… 7

mar

ines

, 4 p

ries

ts, a

nd 4

00 c

onve

rts

kille

d. …

the

allie

s st

orm

ed th

e Im

peri

al c

ity o

n A

ugus

t 15.

A

mer

ican

loss

es th

at d

ay w

ere

15 K

IA, 3

4 W

IA …

In

addi

tion

to f

orei

gn a

nd B

oxer

dea

ths,

som

e 30

,000

Chi

nese

Chr

istia

ns w

ere

kille

d by

the

Box

ers.

’ In

terp

reta

tio

n:

Sour

ces

agre

e cl

osel

y if

Rum

mel

’s d

emoc

ide

figu

re is

inte

rpre

ted

as a

n es

timat

e of

the

toll

of m

assa

cres

aga

inst

Chi

nese

Chr

istia

ns.

Low

est

imat

e: 1

,500

Box

ers

kille

d (W

ood)

, 24

Fren

ch d

eath

s, 6

22 J

apan

ese

deat

hs, 3

4 U

K d

eath

s, 2

1 U

S de

aths

, 302

Rus

sian

dea

ths

(fro

m

CO

W),

485

dea

ths

in th

e be

sieg

ed c

ompo

unds

(C

lodf

elte

r).

Hig

h an

d be

st e

stim

ate:

2,0

00 B

oxer

s K

IA, 2

4 Fr

ench

dea

ths,

622

Jap

anes

e de

aths

, 34

UK

dea

ths,

21

US

deat

hs, 3

02 R

ussi

an d

eath

s (f

rom

C

OW

), 4

85 d

eath

s in

the

besi

eged

com

poun

ds (

Clo

dfel

ter)

. S

ino-R

uss

ian

War,

17 A

ugu

st–10 O

ctob

er 1

900 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 83)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Chi

na

3,75

8 R

ussi

a 24

2 T

otal

4,

000

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 4

00: ‘

On

July

14,

at B

lago

vesh

chen

sk o

n th

e R

ussi

an s

ide

of th

e A

mur

Riv

er, t

he C

ossa

ck g

arri

son

resp

onde

d to

spo

radi

c fi

re f

rom

the

Chi

nese

sid

e of

the

rive

r by

rou

ndin

g up

the

Chi

nese

pop

ulat

ion

of th

e to

wn

and

forc

ing

them

into

the

rive

r. S

ome

3,50

0 ci

vilia

ns w

ere

drow

ned.

T

hen

the

Rus

sian

s st

orm

ed a

cros

s th

e ri

ver

to k

ill a

noth

er 7

00 C

hine

se in

Aig

en. …

The

Rus

sian

s lo

st 2

42 k

illed

in c

omba

t and

1,2

83 w

ound

ed.

Chi

nese

loss

es w

ent u

nrec

orde

d, b

ut w

ere

sure

ly s

ever

al ti

mes

as

man

y as

thos

e of

the

inva

der.

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Inte

rpre

tati

on:

Est

imat

ed 4

,000

bat

tle d

eath

s, f

rom

CO

W.

Ru

sso-J

ap

an

ese

War,

8 F

ebru

ary

1904–

15 S

epte

mb

er 1

90

5 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 85)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Japa

n 80

,378

R

ussi

a 71

,453

T

otal

15

1,83

1 (W

ood

1968

, 23)

: Rus

sia

had

45,0

00 K

IA o

r D

OW

and

Jap

an 8

5,00

0 K

IA o

r D

OW

(D

upuy

and

Dup

uy 1

986)

: P.

922

–5: S

ee th

is s

ourc

e fo

r si

des’

loss

es in

indi

vidu

al b

attle

s (C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

404

: ‘O

ffic

ially

, Rus

sian

cas

ualti

es w

ere

repo

rted

to in

clud

e 34

,000

bat

tle d

eath

s, in

clud

ing

5,20

0 so

ldie

rs w

ho d

ied

of th

eir

wou

nds…

A

mor

e pr

ecis

e se

t of

figu

res

garn

ered

fro

m o

ther

sou

rces

list

s 52

,623

Rus

sian

bat

tle d

eath

s an

d 18

,830

dis

ease

dea

ths,

for

a to

tal o

f 71

,453

fa

talit

ies

on th

e R

ussi

an s

ide.

… J

apan

ese

KIA

s to

tale

d 47

,152

, and

thos

e w

ho d

ied

of w

ound

s nu

mbe

red

11,4

24, f

or a

tota

l of

58,5

76 b

attle

de

aths

. Ano

ther

21,

802

Japa

nese

ser

vice

men

die

d of

dis

ease

. Thu

s, th

e gr

and

tota

l of

Japa

nese

fat

aliti

es in

the

Rus

so-J

apan

ese

War

was

80,

378.

A s

econ

d ca

lcul

atio

n re

cord

s 94

,539

Jap

anes

e ba

ttle

deat

hs, i

nclu

ding

the

star

tling

fig

ure

of 4

7,38

7 m

en w

ho d

ied

of th

eir

wou

nds…

’ (W

hite

200

4):

Sam

uel D

umas

in L

oss

es o

f L

ife

Ca

use

d B

y W

ar

(192

3) li

sts

the

follo

win

g ca

sual

ty e

stim

ates

: Ja

pane

se K

IA: 4

7,15

2 (J

apan

ese

Bur

eau

of M

ilita

ry S

tatis

tics)

–47,

400

(Ver

lust

stat

istik

) R

ussi

an K

IA: 2

8,80

0 (V

erlu

stst

atis

tik)–

52,6

23 (

from

Gae

dke)

. Whi

te e

stim

ates

that

the

Gae

dke

figu

re is

too

larg

e.

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

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Japa

n: K

IA &

DO

W e

stim

ated

as

58,5

76 f

rom

Jap

anes

e bu

reau

of

stat

istic

s (C

lodf

elte

r &

Whi

te).

R

ussi

a: K

IA a

nd D

OW

est

imat

ed a

s 52

,623

(C

lodf

elte

r).

Tot

al: 1

11,1

99.

Tre

nded

bas

ed o

n C

lodf

elte

r ba

ttle

data

. T

hir

d C

entr

al

Am

eric

an

War,

27 M

ay–20 J

uly

1906 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 88)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

El S

alva

dor

300

Gua

tem

ala

400

Hon

dura

s 30

0 T

otal

1,

000

(Eck

hard

t 199

6): E

stim

ates

1,0

00 d

ead.

(W

ood

1968

, 4):

Est

imat

es to

tal m

ilita

ry d

eath

s at

abo

ut 2

,000

. (C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

418

: ‘…

last

ed f

rom

May

23-

July

20,

aft

er 4

00 G

uate

mal

ans,

300

Sal

vado

rans

, and

300

Hon

dura

ns (

Hon

dura

s w

as E

l Sal

vado

r’s

ally

in th

e w

ar)

had

been

sla

in.’

(K

arne

s 19

65: 1

85-6

): ‘

By

Mar

ch 1

906

… A

rmed

em

igra

dos

conv

erge

d up

on G

uate

mal

a fr

om e

ach

of th

e fo

ur n

eigh

bori

ng s

tate

s. …

By

July

th

e sk

irm

ishe

s ha

d ri

pene

d in

to w

ar. S

alva

dore

an c

asua

lties

rea

ched

the

thou

sand

s…’

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

Low

est

imat

e: 1

,000

bat

tle d

eath

s (C

OW

, Clo

dfel

ter,

Eck

hard

t—m

ay b

e us

ing

each

oth

er a

s so

urce

s)

Hig

h es

timat

e: 2

,000

bat

tle d

eath

s (W

ood)

B

est e

stim

ate:

1,5

00 (

mea

n)

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Fou

rth

Cen

tral

Am

eric

an

War,

19 F

ebru

ary

–2

3 M

ay

1907

(C

OW

War

No. 91)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

El S

alva

dor

300

Hon

dura

s 30

0 N

icar

agua

40

0 T

otal

1,

000

(Eck

hard

t 199

6): E

stim

ates

1,0

00 d

eath

s (C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

419

: ‘T

hese

eff

orts

res

ulte

d in

war

, Feb

ruar

y 19

–Apr

il 23

, 190

7, a

nd c

ost t

he li

ves

of 4

00 N

icar

agua

ns, 3

00 S

alva

dora

ns, a

nd 3

00 H

ondu

rans

.’

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

Est

imat

ed 1

,000

bat

tle d

eath

s S

pan

ish

-Moro

ccan

War,

7 J

uly

1909

–23 M

arc

h 1

910 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 94)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Mor

occo

8,

000

Spai

n 2,

000

Tot

al

10,0

00

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 3

97: ‘

Con

stan

t fig

htin

g be

twee

n th

e fi

erce

Ber

ber

trib

esm

en o

f th

e R

iff

and

the

Span

ish

on th

e M

oroc

can

coas

t res

ulte

d in

the

cam

paig

n of

Ju

ly 7

, 190

9-M

arch

23,

191

0. …

Som

e 2,

000

Span

ish

sold

iers

and

8,0

00 M

oroc

cans

die

d—m

ore

from

bac

teri

a th

an f

rom

bul

lets

.’

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

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Clo

dfel

ter

sugg

ests

at l

east

hal

f of

the

tota

l dea

ths

code

d by

CO

W a

re n

on-b

attle

dea

ths.

Est

imat

e 5,

000

KIA

. No

tren

d es

timat

ed.

The

par

ticip

ant f

ile e

stim

ates

the

side

s’ lo

sses

bas

ed o

n th

e C

OW

rat

io.

Ita

lo-T

urk

ish

War,

29 S

epte

mb

er 1

911–18 O

ctob

er 1

912 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 97)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Ital

y 6,

000

Tur

key

14,0

00

Tot

al

20,0

00

(Woo

d 19

68, 4

): E

stim

ates

6 th

ousa

nd I

talia

n an

d 14

thou

sand

Tur

kish

mili

tary

dea

ths.

(W

hite

200

4):

Url

anis

has

est

imat

ed in

Voin

i I

Naro

do-N

ace

lenie

Euro

pi (

1960

) th

at th

ere

wer

e ab

out 1

4,00

0 to

tal d

eath

s fr

om a

ll ca

uses

in th

is c

onfl

ict:

six

thou

sand

tota

l KIA

, 1,9

48 I

talia

ns a

nd 4

,000

Tur

ks d

ead

of d

isea

se, a

nd 4

00 I

talia

ns a

nd 1

,600

Tur

ks D

OW

. (C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

397

: ‘It

aly

pest

ered

Tur

key

else

whe

re, w

ith n

aval

rai

ds o

n R

hode

s, S

myr

na, H

odei

da o

n th

e Y

emen

coa

st, t

he D

odec

anes

e Is

land

s, a

nd th

e D

arde

nelle

s. …

Tur

key’

s lo

sses

in L

ibya

alo

ne w

ere

abou

t 14,

000

kille

d in

bat

tle o

r de

ad o

f di

seas

e by

the

end

of th

e co

nflic

t on

Oct

ober

15,

19

12. I

taly

pur

chas

ed L

ibya

at a

cos

t of

4,00

0 co

mba

t dea

ths,

2,0

00 d

isea

se d

eath

s, a

nd 6

,000

wou

nded

…’

(A r

atio

bet

wee

n T

urki

sh d

isea

se a

nd b

attle

dea

ths

sim

ilar

to th

at o

f It

aly

wou

ld im

ply

abou

t 9,3

33 T

urks

dea

d in

com

bat.)

In

terp

reta

tio

n:

Low

est

imat

e: 6

,000

(Fr

om U

rlan

is. I

n th

e pa

rtic

ipan

t file

, sid

es’

loss

es a

re b

ased

on

ratio

in C

OW

) H

igh

estim

ate:

13,

000

(Fro

m C

lodf

elte

r: 4

,000

Ita

lian

KIA

and

9,0

00 T

urki

sh K

IA)

Bes

t est

imat

e: 9

,500

(M

ean.

In

the

part

icip

ant f

ile, s

ides

’ lo

sses

are

bas

ed o

n ra

tio in

CO

W)

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Fir

st B

alk

an

War,

17 O

ctob

er 1

912–19 A

pri

l 1913

(C

OW

War

No. 100)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Bul

gari

a 32

,000

G

reec

e 5,

000

Serb

ia

15,0

00

Tur

key

30,0

00

Tot

al

82,0

00

(Whi

te 2

004)

: U

rlan

is e

stim

ated

in V

oin

i I

Naro

do-N

acel

enie

Euro

pi

(196

0) th

at in

the

firs

t and

sec

ond

Bal

kan

war

ther

e w

ere

122,

000

KIA

, 20,

000

DO

W, a

nd

82,0

00 d

ead

of d

isea

se.

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 3

84: ‘

Rec

ords

on

casu

altie

s fo

r th

e B

alka

n W

ar a

re s

cant

. … A

ver

y ro

ugh

estim

ate

wou

ld s

how

abo

ut 3

0,00

0 ba

ttle

deat

hs a

nd 2

0,00

0 di

seas

e de

aths

for

Tur

key

and

abou

t 55,

000

battl

e an

d di

seas

e de

aths

for

the

Bal

kan

allie

s, d

istr

ibut

ed th

us: B

ulga

ria—

32,0

00; S

erbi

a—15

,000

; G

reec

e—5,

000;

and

Mon

tene

gro—

3,00

0.’

(Dup

uy a

nd D

upuy

198

6):

P. 9

27–8

: ‘19

12, N

ovem

ber

5. B

attle

of

Mon

astir

. … N

earl

y 20

,000

Tur

ks w

ere

kille

d or

cap

ture

d. …

.191

3, M

arch

26.

Fal

l of

Adr

iano

ple.

A

com

bine

d B

ulga

r-Se

rb s

iege

ope

ratio

n en

ded

with

a 2

-day

ass

ault

agai

nst t

he e

aste

rn f

ace

of th

e fo

rtre

ss, b

reac

hing

the

Tur

k lin

es, d

espi

te a

n al

lied

loss

of

9,50

0 m

en.’

In

terp

reta

tio

n:

Low

and

bes

t est

imat

e:

Tur

kish

KIA

: Est

imat

ed 3

0,00

0 (F

rom

Clo

dfel

ter)

T

he T

urk’

s ra

tio (

thre

e-fi

fths

) be

twee

n ba

ttle

deat

hs a

nd d

eath

fro

m a

ll ca

uses

was

use

d to

est

imat

e th

e nu

mbe

r of

KIA

am

ong

the

othe

r pa

rtie

s:

Bul

gari

a: 1

9,20

0

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Serb

ia: 9

,000

G

reec

e: 3

,000

M

onte

negr

o: 1

,800

T

otal

s 63

,000

H

igh

estim

ate:

71,

000

(Bas

ed o

n U

lani

s’ f

igur

e of

142

,000

KIA

in b

oth

war

s.)

Sec

on

d B

alk

an

War,

30 J

un

e–30 J

uly

19

13 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 103)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Bul

gari

a 18

,000

G

reec

e 2,

500

Rom

ania

1,

500

Tur

key

20,0

00

Serb

ia

18,5

00

Tot

al

60,5

00

(Whi

te 2

004)

: U

rlan

is e

stim

ated

in V

oin

i I

Naro

do-N

acel

enie

Euro

pi

(196

0) th

at in

the

firs

t and

sec

ond

Bal

kan

war

ther

e w

ere

122,

000

KIA

, 20,

000

DO

W, a

nd

82,0

00 d

ead

of d

isea

se.

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 3

84: ‘

Dea

ths

in th

e Se

cond

Bal

kan

War

, inc

ludi

ng th

ose

from

sic

knes

s, w

ere

estim

ated

at o

ver

20,0

00 f

or B

ulga

ria

(Bul

gari

a lo

st a

tota

l of

53,

825

dead

in th

e tw

o w

ars,

60%

of

them

fro

m d

isea

se),

18,

500

for

Serb

ia, 2

,500

for

Gre

ece

(Gre

ek c

omba

t los

ses

for

both

Bal

kan

War

s w

ere

6,24

7 ba

ttle

dead

, 45,

869

wou

nded

, 188

mis

sing

), 2

,000

for

Tur

key,

and

1,5

00 f

or R

oman

ia.’

In

terp

reta

tio

n:

Low

and

bes

t est

imat

e:

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The

rat

io o

f B

ulga

rian

KIA

to d

eath

s of

all

caus

es w

as u

sed

to e

stim

ate

the

loss

es o

f th

e pa

rtic

ipan

ts b

ased

on

info

rmat

ion

in C

lodf

elte

r. T

otal

s 26

,700

. H

igh

estim

ate:

71,

000

(Bas

ed o

n U

lani

s’ f

igur

e of

142

,000

KIA

in b

oth

war

s.)

Worl

d W

ar

I, 2

9 A

ugu

st 1

914–11 N

ovem

ber

19

18 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 10

6)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Austr

ia-H

un

gary

1,2

00,0

00

Belg

ium

13,7

16

Bulg

aria

87,5

00

Fra

nce

1,3

85,0

00

Germ

any

1,7

73,7

00

Gre

ece

5,0

00

Italy

65

0,0

00

Japa

n

30

0

Port

ug

al

7,2

22

Rom

ania

33

5,7

06

Russia

1,7

00,0

00

Serb

ia

70,0

00

Turk

ey

32

5,0

00

UK

90

8,3

71

US

A

11

6,5

16

Tota

l 8,5

78,0

31

(Bla

ke 1

988)

: P.

383

: ‘A

con

serv

ativ

e es

tim

ate

of c

asua

lties

of

the

war

giv

es 1

0 m

illio

n ki

lled

and

20 m

illio

n w

ound

ed.’

(C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

479

: ‘N

o on

e kn

ows

with

cer

tain

ty th

e to

tal c

ost o

f th

e Fi

rst W

orld

War

in h

uman

live

s. T

he m

ost g

ener

ally

acc

epte

d m

ilita

ry to

ll is

8.6

m

illio

n de

ad a

nd 2

1 m

illio

n w

ound

ed o

ut o

f 65

mill

ion

mob

ilize

d. T

his

coun

t inc

lude

s al

mos

t 5.1

mill

ion

dead

and

12.

8 m

illio

n w

ound

ed o

ut o

f

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42.4

mill

ion

mob

ilize

d on

the

Alli

ed s

ide,

and

ove

r 3.

5 m

illio

n de

ad a

nd 8

.4 m

illio

n w

ound

ed o

ut o

f 22

.9 m

illio

n m

obili

zed

on th

e si

de o

f th

e C

entr

al P

ower

s. ..

. The

true

toll

of c

ivili

an li

ves

forf

eite

d in

the

Gre

at W

ar is

eve

n m

ore

haza

rdou

s to

est

imat

e, g

iven

the

fact

that

man

y co

unts

of

nonc

omba

tant

dea

d m

ix w

ithou

t dis

tinct

ion

thos

e w

ho d

ied

of s

ickn

ess

and

star

vatio

n sp

read

by

the

war

with

thos

e sl

ain

by b

ombs

, bul

lets

and

ba

yone

ts. T

he g

ener

ally

acc

epte

d fi

gure

for

non

com

bata

nt d

eath

s is

6.5

mill

ion—

3 m

illio

n on

the

Alli

ed s

ide

and

3.5

mill

ion

on th

e C

entr

al

Pow

ers’

sid

e.’

P. 4

79–8

0: ‘

Rus

sia

sacr

ific

ed th

e gr

eate

st n

umbe

r…O

ut o

f 12

mill

ion

mob

ilize

d…ab

out 1

.7 m

illio

n di

ed, t

he v

ast m

ajor

ity in

com

bat,

and

4.95

m

illio

n w

ere

wou

nded

. As

man

y as

2 m

illio

n ci

vilia

ns in

the

Rus

sian

Em

pire

, inc

ludi

ng 5

00,0

00 P

oles

and

Lith

uani

ans,

wer

e ki

lled

by th

e w

ar,

but t

he v

ast m

ajor

ity o

f th

ese

deat

hs w

ere

caus

ed b

y di

seas

e, h

unge

r an

d pr

ivat

ion

infl

ated

and

inte

nsif

ied

by th

e w

ar. O

ffic

ial f

igur

es c

ompi

led

by R

ussi

a’s

Cen

tral

Sta

tistic

al D

epar

tmen

t are

less

than

tota

lly r

elia

ble.

Tot

al c

asua

lties

are

list

ed a

s: K

IA—

626,

440,

DO

W 1

7,17

4…Fr

ance

and

its c

olon

ial e

mpi

re lo

st, a

ccor

ding

to o

ffic

ial f

igur

es, 1

,265

,735

mili

tary

dea

d (1

4% o

f th

ose

calle

d to

arm

s) a

nd 4

,266

,000

wou

nded

… O

f th

e de

ad, a

s m

any

as 9

41,0

00 w

ere

kille

d in

the

war

’s f

irst

18

mon

ths;

…A

ppro

xim

atel

y 40

,000

Fre

nch

civi

lians

als

o di

ed in

the

Gre

at W

ar.

…T

he m

ost w

idel

y ac

cept

ed c

ount

of

Bri

tish

Em

pire

cas

ualti

es li

st 9

08,3

71 d

ead

(inc

ludi

ng 7

65,3

99 ju

st f

or th

e U

nite

d K

ingd

om)…

Civ

ilian

de

aths

, mos

t of

whi

ch o

ccur

red

in U

-boa

t sin

king

s, is

rec

kone

d at

30,

633.

...I

taly

…A

lthou

gh e

stim

ates

go

as h

igh

as 6

89,0

00 d

ead,

the

offi

cial

m

ilita

ry to

ll lis

ts 4

62,3

91 d

ead

… in

clud

[ing

] 32

0,00

com

bat d

eath

s… R

oman

ia …

335

,706

die

d, 1

20,0

00 w

ere

wou

nded

, and

80,

000

wer

e re

port

ed c

aptu

red

or m

issi

ng. A

bout

275

,000

Rom

ania

n ci

vilia

ns a

lso

died

dur

ing

the

conf

lict.

Abo

ut h

alf

of th

e m

ilita

ry d

ead

and

mos

t of

the

civi

lian

fata

litie

s w

ere

caus

ed b

y di

seas

e, h

unge

r, a

nd th

e el

emen

ts. …

.nea

rly

54,0

00 c

omba

t dea

ths

suff

ered

by

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es…

. Se

rbia

…m

ilita

ry d

eath

s to

tale

d 12

7,53

5. A

bout

45,

000

of th

em d

ied

in b

attle

and

82,

000

from

typh

us, i

nflu

enza

, mal

nutr

ition

, and

fro

stbi

te.

…N

onco

mba

tant

dea

ths,

mos

tly f

rom

dis

ease

and

mal

nutr

ition

, num

bere

d at

leas

t 200

,000

and

as

man

y as

650

,000

. Abo

ut 1

,000

civ

ilian

s w

ere

fata

l vic

tims

of A

ustr

ian

atro

citie

s. B

elgi

um …

mou

rned

13,

715

battl

e de

aths

, as

man

y as

24,

000

nonh

ostil

e m

ilita

ry d

eath

s…an

d ab

out 3

0,00

0 ci

vilia

n de

aths

, inc

ludi

ng a

bout

3,0

00 k

illed

in G

erm

an a

troc

ities

in 1

914.

Por

tuga

l’s

expe

ditio

nary

for

ce o

f 65

,166

ser

ved

in F

ranc

e, J

anua

ry

1917

–Nov

embe

r 19

18. …

Por

tugu

ese

casu

altie

s in

Fra

nce

amou

nted

to 1

,935

KIA

…O

f th

e 34

,000

who

cam

paig

ned

in A

fric

a, 1

,800

die

d in

ba

ttle

or f

rom

sic

knes

s. I

n ad

ditio

n, 2

3,00

0 A

fric

an s

oldi

ers

figh

ting

unde

r th

e Po

rtug

uese

fla

g an

d up

to 1

30,0

00 A

fric

an n

onco

mba

tant

s di

ed in

A

fric

an o

pera

tions

, the

vas

t maj

ority

fro

m d

isea

se…

. Tot

al P

ortu

gues

e m

ilita

ry lo

sses

wer

e 7,

222

dead

…G

reec

e ca

lled

up 2

30,0

00 m

en a

nd lo

st

23,0

98 d

ead

from

all

caus

es, i

nclu

ding

5,0

00 in

bat

tle. …

As

man

y as

132

,000

Mac

edon

ian

civi

lians

suc

cum

bed

to d

isea

se a

nd o

ther

war

-rel

ated

ca

uses

. [Fo

r] M

onte

negr

o …

battl

e cl

aim

ed 3

,000

live

s… A

mor

e re

liabl

e co

unt o

f to

tal J

apan

ese

mili

tary

dea

ths

from

all

caus

es li

sts

1,34

4 fa

talit

ies.

Chi

na w

as n

ot a

dir

ect c

omba

tant

, but

sen

t 100

,000

coo

lies

to la

bor

on th

e W

este

rn F

ront

alo

ne. J

ust i

n th

e B

ritis

h se

ctor

of

the

fron

t, 1,

612

Chi

nese

coo

lies

died

fro

m s

hellf

ire

and

dise

ase.

…G

erm

any

….T

he h

ighe

st e

stim

ate

for

mili

tary

dea

ths

is 2

,057

,000

. The

fig

ures

mos

t co

mm

only

acc

epte

d sh

ow 1

,808

,555

mili

tary

dea

d (i

nclu

ding

55,

006

POW

dea

ths)

, 4,2

48,1

58 w

ound

ed, a

nd 7

62,1

06 c

ivili

an f

atal

ities

, mos

t of

them

due

to m

alnu

triti

on c

ause

d by

the

Alli

ed b

lock

ade.

… A

ustr

ia-H

unga

ry…

Cas

ualti

es in

clud

ed 1

,290

,000

mili

tary

dea

d (i

nclu

ding

480

,000

PO

W d

eath

s) …

and

300

,000

civ

ilian

dea

d, tw

o-th

irds

of

them

Pol

ish.

…T

urke

y m

obili

zed

2,99

8,32

1 m

en a

nd 7

0 di

visi

ons

and

lost

243

,598

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battl

e de

ad…

Civ

ilian

dea

ths

in th

e O

ttom

an E

mpi

re a

ttrib

utab

le to

the

war

wer

e as

man

y as

2,1

50,0

00, m

any

of th

em A

rmen

ians

sla

ught

ered

by

the

Tur

ks in

the

grea

t pog

rom

s of

191

5. B

ulga

ria…

loss

es w

ere

75,8

44 k

illed

in b

attle

, 25,

500

mili

tary

dea

d fr

om d

isea

se a

nd o

ther

cau

ses,

…an

d 27

5,00

0 ci

vilia

n di

seas

e an

d m

alnu

triti

on d

eath

s.’

(Dup

uy a

nd D

upuy

198

6):

Exc

erpt

s fr

om a

cha

rt o

n pa

ge 9

90:

All

ies

Mil

itary

Batt

le

De

ath

s

Civ

ilia

n

Death

s

Na

ture

of

Civ

ilia

n D

eath

s D

ata

Fra

nce

1,3

57,8

00

40,0

00

Batt

le D

eath

s

British E

mpire

908,3

71

30,6

33

Batt

le D

eath

s

Russia

1,7

00,0

00

2,0

00,0

00

Uncert

ain

Italy

462,3

91

N

o f

igu

re a

va

ilable

; re

latively

sm

all

United S

tate

s

50,5

85

N

o f

igu

re a

va

ilable

; re

latively

sm

all

Belg

ium

13,7

15

30,0

00

Uncert

ain

Serb

ia

45,0

00

650,0

00

Uncert

ain

Monte

neg

ro

3,0

00

N

o f

igu

re a

va

ilable

; re

latively

sm

all

Rum

ania

335,7

06

275,0

00

Uncert

ain

Gre

ece

5,0

00

132,0

00

Uncert

ain

Port

ugal

7,2

22

N

o f

igu

re a

va

ilable

; re

latively

sm

all

Japan

300

N

o f

igu

re a

va

ilable

; re

latively

sm

all

Cen

tral

Po

wers

Germ

any

1,8

08,5

46

760,0

00

Ca

used b

y b

lockade b

y A

llies

Austr

ia-H

ung

ary

922,5

00

300,0

00

One

-thir

d a

ttribute

d t

o A

llied

blo

ckade

Turk

ey

325,0

00

2,1

50,0

00

More

than o

ne-h

alf A

rmenia

n

Bulg

aria

75,8

44

275,0

00

Uncert

ain

To

tal

8,0

20,9

80

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

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Com

pari

ng f

igur

es s

ide-

by-s

ide,

it s

eem

s th

at th

e C

OW

pro

ject

occ

asio

nally

use

s m

ilita

ry d

eath

s fr

om a

ll ca

uses

inst

ead

of b

attle

dea

ths:

CO

W

Clo

dfe

lter

Du

pu

y&

Du

pu

y

Note

s o

n t

ren

d a

nd c

ivili

an

s

Austr

ia-

Hu

ng

ary

1,2

00,0

00

1,2

90,0

00 f

rom

all

causes

922,5

00

300,0

00 c

ivili

an d

eath

s,

one-t

hir

d d

urin

g b

lockade

Belg

ium

13,7

16

13,7

15

13,7

15

27,0

00 c

ivili

an d

eath

s,

sub

tracting v

ictim

s o

f 'a

trocitie

s'

Bulg

aria

87,5

00

75,8

44

75,8

44

250,0

00 c

ivili

an d

eath

s f

rom

hard

ship

Fra

nce

1,3

85,0

00

1,2

65,7

35

1,3

57,8

00

Note

s 9

41,0

00 in f

irst

18 m

onth

s;

40,0

00 c

ivili

an b

att

le d

eath

s

Germ

any

1,7

73,7

00

1,8

08,5

55,

inc. P

OW

s

1,8

08,5

46

About

76

0,0

00 c

ivili

an d

eath

s,

most th

roug

h b

lockade

Gre

ece

5,0

00

5,0

00

5,0

00

320,0

00 c

ivili

ans d

ea

d t

hro

ug

h h

ard

ship

Italy

65

0,0

00

32

0,0

00 b

att

le

462,3

91

Few

Japan

30

0

1,3

44 f

rom

all

causes

300

Few

. M

ost

in 1

91

4 in t

he T

sin

gta

o C

am

paig

n

Monte

neg

ro

Not

inc.

3,0

00

3,0

00

Few

Port

ugal

7,2

22

7,2

22

7,2

22

193

5 in F

rance in 1

91

8,

rem

ain

der

in A

fric

a.

23K

Afr

ican

sold

iers

and 1

30K

Afr

ican c

ivili

ans d

ied f

rom

batt

le,

hard

ship

and d

ise

ase

Rom

ania

33

5,7

06

33

5,7

06,

abo

ut

one-h

alf in

batt

le

335,7

06

275,0

00,

most

from

dis

ease a

nd s

tarv

ation

Russia

1,7

00,0

00

1,7

00,0

00

1,7

00,0

00

Perh

aps 2

mill

ion c

ivili

ans d

ea

d,

most fr

om

hard

ship

s

Serb

ia

70,0

00

45,0

00 in b

att

le

650,0

00

200

–6

50,0

00,

mostly d

isease a

nd s

tarv

ation

Turk

ey

32

5,0

00

24

3,5

98

325,0

00

Fig

ure

of

2,1

50,0

00 inclu

des t

he A

rmenia

n g

enocid

e.

UK

90

8,3

71

90

8,3

71

908,3

71

30,6

33 c

ivili

ans d

ead in U

-boat

sin

kin

gs. T

his

fig

ure

in

clu

des

sold

iers

fro

m the E

mpire.

US

A

11

6,5

16

54,0

00

50,5

85

No c

ivili

an d

eath

s

The

fol

low

ing

figu

res

wer

e es

timat

ed. I

n or

der

to d

isco

unt c

ivili

ans

deat

h to

lls th

at w

ere

larg

ely

due

to w

ar-h

ards

hips

, one

-fou

rth

of th

e to

tal

figu

re f

or c

ivili

an lo

sses

was

est

imat

ed a

s ba

ttle

deat

hs:

C

om

bata

nt

Civ

ilian

Note

s o

n t

ren

d a

nd c

ivili

an

s

Austr

ia-H

ung

ary

922,5

00

100,0

00

Fro

m D

upuy &

Dup

uy

Belg

ium

13,7

15

6,7

50

One-f

ourt

h o

f to

tal civ

ilian d

eath

s

Bulg

aria

75,8

44

62,5

00

Estim

ate

an a

dditio

nal 2

50,0

00 c

ivili

an d

eath

s f

rom

ha

rdship

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Fra

nce

1,2

65,7

35

40,0

00

Germ

any

1,7

73,7

00

190,0

00

Gre

ece

5,0

00

0

Italy

320,0

00

0

Japan

415

0

Based o

n d

escription o

f batt

le o

f T

sin

gta

o,

Clo

dfe

lter

P.

459

Monte

neg

ro

3,0

00

0

Port

ugal

7,2

22

0

Port

ugese A

fric

an

subje

cts

1,7

34

0

Afr

ican c

om

bata

nts

taken fro

m P

. 464 o

f C

lodfe

lter.

Descriptions o

f th

e

cam

paig

n s

uggest th

at

Afr

ican c

ivili

an d

eath

s w

ere

overw

helm

ingly

fro

m

dis

ease.

Rom

ania

167,5

83

68,7

50

Russia

1,7

00,0

00

500,0

00

Serb

ia

45,0

00

50,0

00

Turk

ey

243,5

98

200,0

00

Up t

o 2

.15 m

illio

n t

ota

l de

ath

s h

ave b

ee

n e

stim

ate

d. A

t le

ast

one m

illio

n o

f th

ese w

ere

inte

rpre

ted a

s p

art

of th

e A

rmenia

n,

and s

o 1

mill

ion w

as

subtr

acte

d h

ere

. O

ne-f

ourt

h o

f th

e r

em

ain

ing t

oll

was e

stim

ate

d a

s b

att

le

rela

ted.

Com

bata

nt

and c

ivili

an d

eath

s a

re r

oughly

equ

al, w

hic

h is s

imila

r to

th

e e

xperi

ence o

f S

erb

ia.

UK

908,3

71

30,6

33

US

A

50,5

85

0

Tota

l fo

r m

ilita

ry a

nd

civ

ilian d

eath

s:

7,5

04,0

02

1,2

48,6

33

This

results in a

n e

stim

ate

of

slig

htly f

ew

er

sold

iers

KIA

than t

hat

giv

en b

y

CO

W,

as e

xpecte

d.

Civ

ilian d

eath

s w

ell

belo

w t

he 6

.5 m

illio

n t

ota

l th

ought

to

have b

een c

aused b

y d

isease a

nd s

tarv

ation.

Tota

l:

8,7

89,0

36

The

war

was

div

ided

into

4 g

eogr

aphi

cal t

heat

ers,

and

cod

ed w

ith r

ough

est

imat

es b

ased

on

info

rmat

ion

in C

lodf

elte

r. T

he v

ast p

repo

nder

ance

of

deat

hs a

re c

oded

in E

urop

e.

Ru

sso-P

oli

sh W

ar,

14 F

ebru

ary

19

19–18 O

cto

ber

1920 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 109)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Pola

nd

60,0

00

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Rus

sia

40,0

00

Tot

al

100,

000

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 3

87: ‘

Gen

eral

Józ

ef P

ilsud

ski i

nvad

ed th

e U

krai

ne w

ith 5

2,00

0 Po

les

on A

pril

25, 1

920,

and

on

May

7 c

aptu

red

Kie

v fr

om s

ome

30,0

00

defe

nder

s. P

olis

h ca

sual

ties

up to

May

7 w

ere

only

150

kill

ed a

nd 3

00 w

ound

ed. …

Rus

sian

cou

nter

-off

ensi

ve…

drov

e Pi

lsud

ski’

s 94

,000

men

ou

t of

the

Ukr

aine

and

bac

k to

War

saw

by

July

25.

… T

he d

ecis

ive

Bat

tle o

f W

arsa

w c

omm

ence

d on

Aug

ust 1

6, w

ith 1

80,0

00 P

oles

pitt

ed

agai

nst 1

50,0

00 R

ussi

ans.

…T

otal

Rus

sian

loss

was

100

,000

, inc

ludi

ng 6

6,00

0 PO

Ws…

Polis

h lo

sses

wer

e 4,

362

KIA

…’

(Whi

te 2

004)

: T

he P

olis

h of

fici

al c

omm

issi

on g

ave

Polis

h lo

sses

as

17,2

78 k

illed

, 30,

337

tota

l dea

d, a

nd 5

1,37

4 M

IA. U

rlan

is e

stim

ated

in V

oin

i I

Naro

do

-

Nacel

enie

Euro

pi

(196

0) th

at th

e fi

gure

for

KIA

is a

n un

dere

stim

ate.

(D

upuy

and

Dup

uy 1

986)

: P.

991

: ‘19

20, A

ugus

t 16–

25. B

attle

of

War

saw

. … T

he P

oles

cap

ture

d 66

,000

pri

sone

rs a

nd m

ore

than

230

gun

s, 1

,000

mac

hine

gun

s, a

nd

10,0

00 v

ehic

les.

Tot

al R

ussi

an c

asua

lties

wer

e ap

prox

imat

ely

150,

000;

the

Pole

s lo

st 5

0,00

0 m

en.’

P.

991

–2: ‘

1920

, Sep

tem

ber

12–O

ctob

er 1

0. C

ontin

ued

Polis

h O

ffen

sive

. … I

n th

ese

last

2 b

attle

s, th

e R

ussi

ans

lost

som

e 50

,000

pri

sone

rs a

nd

160

guns

.’

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

Ula

nis

data

sug

gest

s th

e C

OW

fig

ure

is f

or to

tal d

eath

s ra

ther

than

kill

ed in

com

bat.

Est

imat

ed P

olis

h K

IA a

s 17

,278

(U

lani

s).

Clo

dfel

ter

repo

rts

100,

000

tota

l Rus

sian

loss

es a

t the

Bat

tle o

f W

arsa

w, i

nclu

ding

66,

000

POW

s, w

hich

agr

ees

wel

l with

CO

W’s

fig

ure

of

40,0

00 R

ussi

an d

ead

thro

ugho

ut th

e w

ar if

this

fig

ure

incl

udes

dea

ths

from

all

caus

es. E

stim

ated

40,

000

Rus

sian

dea

ths

from

all

caus

es.

Adj

uste

d th

is f

igur

e do

wnw

ard

acco

rdin

g to

the

ratio

bet

wee

n Po

lish

KIA

and

tota

l dea

ths

for

an e

stim

ate

of 2

3,00

0 R

ussi

an K

IA.

Hu

ngari

an

-All

ies

War,

16 A

pri

l–4 A

ugu

st 1

919 (

CO

W W

ar

No

. 112)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Cze

chos

lova

kia

2,00

0 H

unga

ry

6,00

0

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Rom

ania

3,

000

Tot

al

11,0

00

(OnW

ar.c

om 1

999)

: Est

imat

es o

ne th

ousa

nd d

eath

s ea

ch f

or H

unga

ry a

nd C

zech

oslo

vaki

a, 2

,000

for

Rom

ania

. (C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

387

: ‘T

he H

unga

rian

bat

tle c

asua

lties

fro

m N

ovem

ber

20, 1

918–

Aug

ust 2

0, 1

919

tota

led

11,6

66, i

nclu

ding

3,6

70 c

omba

t dea

ths.

Tot

al d

eath

s in

the

conf

lict,

com

bat a

nd o

ther

wis

e, a

mou

nted

to 6

,000

Hun

gari

ans,

3,0

00 R

oman

ians

, and

2,0

00 C

zech

s.’

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

Clo

dfel

ter’

s in

form

atio

n im

plie

s th

at C

OW

fig

ures

incl

ude

war

dis

ease

as

wel

l as

battl

e de

aths

. The

rat

io b

etw

een

tota

l Hun

gari

an d

eath

s an

d H

unga

rian

KIA

was

use

d to

adj

ust t

he C

OW

fig

ures

dow

nwar

d. E

stim

ated

: H

unga

ry: 3

,670

KIA

C

zech

oslo

vaki

a: 1

,200

KIA

R

oman

ia: 1

,800

KIA

G

reco

-Tu

rkis

h W

ar,

5 M

ay 1

919–

11 O

ctob

er 1

922 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 1

15)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Gre

ece

30,0

00

Tur

key

20,0

00

Tot

al

50,0

00

(Dup

uy a

nd D

upuy

198

6):

P. 9

94: ‘

Cas

ualty

fig

ures

for

the

war

are

not

ava

ilabl

e. T

urki

sh lo

sses

wer

e pr

obab

ly le

ss th

an 1

00,0

00 m

en. G

reek

cas

ualti

es w

ere

upw

ard

of

200,

000,

of

who

m a

t lea

st h

alf

wer

e lo

st d

urin

g th

e fl

ight

to S

myr

na in

Aug

ust–

Sept

embe

r, 1

922.

’ (C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

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P. 3

88: ‘

The

Gre

ek a

rmy

turn

ed in

to a

pan

ic-s

tric

ken

and

mur

deri

ng m

ob a

s th

ey b

urne

d, lo

oted

, and

but

cher

ed a

ll th

e w

ay b

ack

to S

myr

na. T

he

Tur

ks r

etal

iate

d in

ful

l by

assa

ultin

g Sm

yrna

, Sep

tem

ber

9-11

, and

mas

sacr

ing

hund

reds

of

the

40,0

00 G

reek

sol

dier

s w

ho f

ell i

nto

thei

r ha

nds.

Gre

ek m

ilita

ry lo

sses

…In

clud

ing

the

35,0

00 m

issi

ng a

nd ta

ken

pris

oner

, the

tota

l was

105

,000

, hal

f or

mor

e lo

st in

the

disa

stro

us f

light

to

and

loss

of

Smyr

na, A

ugus

t–Se

ptem

ber

1922

. Of

the

tota

l at l

east

30,

000

wer

e ki

lled

in b

attle

or

died

of

dise

ase,

bes

ides

the

thou

sand

s of

Gre

ek

civi

lians

who

die

d w

hile

Sm

yrna

bur

ned.

Tot

al T

urki

sh lo

sses

wer

e 13

,000

kill

ed in

bat

tle a

nd 3

5,00

0 w

ound

ed, n

ot c

ount

ing

thou

sand

s of

no

ncom

bata

nt d

eath

s.’

(Whi

te 2

004)

: G

reek

KIA

(po

ssib

ly in

clud

ing

dead

of

wou

nds)

hav

e be

en e

stim

ated

at 1

9,36

2, d

eath

s fr

om d

isea

se (

and

wou

nds?

) at

4,8

78. G

reec

e lo

st 1

7,99

5 M

IA. T

urke

y’s

mili

tary

loss

es w

ere

sim

ilar.

The

re a

re e

stim

ates

of

over

100

,000

kill

ed d

urin

g th

e Sm

yrna

aff

air.

In

terp

reta

tio

n:

Gre

ek K

IA: 1

9,36

2 (W

hite

) T

urki

sh K

IA: 1

3,00

0 (f

rom

Clo

dfel

ter)

A

dditi

onal

civ

ilian

dea

ths

wer

e co

nsid

ered

one

-sid

ed v

iole

nce.

F

ran

co-T

urk

ish

War,

1 N

ovem

ber

1919–20 O

ctob

er 1

921 (

CO

W W

ar

No

. 116)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Fran

ce

5,00

0 T

urke

y 35

,000

T

otal

40

,000

(C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

388

: ‘In

Feb

ruar

y–A

pril

1920

som

e 30

,000

Tur

ks e

ngag

ed in

a s

erie

s of

cla

shes

with

Fre

nch

units

in C

ilici

a an

d so

uthe

rn A

nato

lia, i

nflic

ting

hund

reds

of

casu

altie

s on

the

inte

rven

tioni

sts.

’ In

terp

reta

tio

n:

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The

CO

W f

igur

e is

qui

te p

uzzl

ing.

Thi

s w

ar is

igno

red

by m

ost s

ourc

es, a

nd it

was

not

in th

e or

igin

al C

OW

war

list

(Sm

all a

nd S

inge

r 19

82).

T

he e

ngag

emen

ts m

entio

ned

in C

lodf

elte

r in

clud

ed o

nly

30,0

00 s

oldi

ers

on th

e T

urki

sh s

ide,

and

the

CO

W d

ata

lists

mor

e th

an th

ree

times

that

nu

mbe

r de

ad in

the

peri

od 1

919–

21.

Hig

h es

timat

e: 4

0,00

0 fr

om C

OW

. L

ow a

nd b

est e

stim

ate:

1,0

00 d

eath

s.

Part

icip

ant f

ile b

ased

on

CO

W r

atio

. L

ith

uan

ian

-Poli

sh W

ar,

15 J

uly

–1 D

ecem

ber

1920

(C

OW

War

No. 117)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Lith

uani

a 50

0 Po

land

50

0 T

otal

1,

000

(Eck

hard

t 199

6): E

stim

ates

1,0

00 c

ivili

ans

dead

. In

terp

reta

tio

n:

Est

imat

ed 1

,000

bat

tle d

eath

s.

Sin

o-S

ovie

t W

ar,

17 A

ugu

st–3 D

ecem

ber

1929 (

CO

W W

ar

No.

118)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Chi

na

3,00

0 U

SSR

20

0 T

otal

3,

200

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

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P. 4

08: ‘

By

Aug

ust t

he s

ituat

ion

had

dete

rior

ated

to o

pen

bord

er h

ostil

ities

, with

som

e 10

,000

Rus

sian

sol

dier

s un

dert

akin

g a

limite

d of

fens

ive

in

the

regi

on f

rom

Aug

ust 1

2-28

. …B

y N

ovem

ber

26, a

fter

the

Chi

nese

had

lost

1,0

35 k

illed

and

8,0

00 m

en ta

ken

pris

oner

… O

f 18

,521

Sov

iet

sold

iers

dir

ectly

eng

aged

in c

omba

t, ca

sual

ties

tota

led

143

kille

d, 6

65 w

ound

ed, 4

mis

sing

.’

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

H

igh

estim

ate:

3,2

00 (

CO

W)

Low

est

imat

e: 1

,178

(Fr

om C

lodf

elte

r: 1

,035

+ 1

43)

Bes

t est

imat

e: 2

,189

(M

ean)

M

an

chu

ria

n W

ar,

19 D

ecem

ber

1931–6

Ma

y 1

933 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 121)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Chi

na

50,0

00

Japa

n 10

,000

T

otal

60

,000

(C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

409

: ‘T

his

prel

ude

of th

e 19

37–4

5 Si

no-J

apan

ese

War

exa

cted

an

estim

ated

toll

of 5

0,00

0 C

hine

se a

nd 1

0,00

0 Ja

pane

se d

ead

from

all

caus

es.

Ano

ther

sou

rce

puts

the

com

bine

d to

ll at

64,

000

dead

.’

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

Clo

dfel

ter’

s in

form

atio

n im

plie

s th

at th

e C

OW

fig

ures

are

pro

babl

y di

seas

e an

d ba

ttle

deat

hs, b

ut n

o al

tern

ate

figu

res

wer

e id

entif

ied.

L

ow e

stim

ate:

20,

000

(tw

o-th

irds

of

tota

l dea

ths

rela

ted

to d

isea

se r

athe

r th

an b

attle

) H

igh

estim

ate:

60,

000

(CO

W)

Bes

t est

imat

e: 4

0,00

0 (o

ne-t

hird

of

tota

l dea

ths

not b

attle

-rel

ated

) C

haco

War,

15 J

un

e 1932–12 J

un

e 1935

(C

OW

War

No. 124)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

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Bol

ivia

56

,661

Pa

ragu

ay

36,0

00

Tot

al

92,6

61

(Bla

ke 1

988)

: P.

68:

‘Pa

ragu

ay g

aine

d m

ost o

f th

e di

sput

ed te

rrito

ry, b

ut th

e pr

ice

was

imm

ense

for

bot

h co

untr

ies.

Mor

e th

an 5

0,00

0 B

oliv

ians

and

35,

000

Para

guay

ans

had

lost

thei

r liv

es.’

(C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

434

: ‘In

the

Cha

co, P

arag

uay

sacr

ific

ed a

noth

er 3

6,00

0 …

12,0

00 o

f w

hom

wer

e ki

lled

in b

attle

and

the

rest

the

vict

ims

of th

e C

haco

and

its

dise

ases

. … B

oliv

ia lo

st 5

2,39

7 de

ad, 2

5,00

0 of

them

kill

ed in

act

ion.

Ano

ther

4,2

64 o

f th

e 21

,000

Bol

ivia

n pr

ison

ers

take

n di

ed in

cap

tivity

. A

bout

50,

000

Bol

ivia

n so

ldie

rs w

ere

wou

nded

.’

(Far

cau

1996

, 230

): ‘

The

dea

th to

ll fo

r th

is te

rrib

le li

ttle

war

… N

o re

liabl

e fi

gure

s ar

e av

aila

ble,

but

tota

ls o

f fi

fty

thou

sand

Bol

ivia

n an

d fo

rty

thou

sand

Par

agua

yan

dead

fro

m a

ll ca

uses

are

gen

eral

ly a

ccep

ted.

One

can

ass

ume

the

num

ber

of w

ound

ed to

be

appr

oxim

atel

y tw

ice

that

, not

co

untin

g th

ose

who

con

trac

ted

seri

ous

illne

sses

dur

ing

the

war

.’

(The

ref

eren

ce to

‘se

riou

s ill

ness

es’

was

con

fusi

ng b

ut it

was

inte

rpre

ted

it as

non

-fat

al il

lnes

ses

as it

was

men

tione

d in

par

alle

l to

inju

ries

and

be

caus

e th

e w

ar d

eath

fig

ures

wer

e la

bele

d as

‘fr

om a

ll ca

uses

’)

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

CO

W f

igur

es s

eem

to in

clud

e de

aths

fro

m d

isea

se. E

stim

ated

12,

000

Para

guay

an a

nd 2

5,00

0 B

oliv

ian

battl

e de

aths

, fro

m C

lodf

etle

r.

Sau

di-

Yem

eni

War,

20

Ma

rch

193

2–6 D

ecem

ber

1935 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 1

25)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Saud

i Ara

bia

100

Yem

en

2,00

0 T

otal

2,

100

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(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 3

93: ‘

Los

ses

wer

e no

t tal

lied,

but

cer

tain

ly m

ust h

ave

num

bere

d in

the

thou

sand

s, m

ost o

f th

em Y

emen

i.’

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

Est

imat

ed 2

,100

kill

ed.

Ita

lo-E

thio

pia

n W

ar,

3 O

ctob

er 1

93

5–9 M

ay 1

936 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 12

7)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Eth

iopi

a 16

,000

It

aly

4,00

0 T

otal

20

,000

(C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

399

: ‘It

aly

had

enla

rged

its

Afr

ican

em

pire

…at

a c

ost o

f 4,

359

kille

d in

com

bat…

2,31

3 It

alia

ns, 1

,085

Eri

trea

ns, 5

07 S

omal

is a

nd L

ibya

ns,

and

453

Ital

ian

labo

rers

. Eth

iopi

an m

ilita

ry a

nd c

ivili

an d

ead,

man

y of

them

fro

m th

e ba

rbar

ous

Ital

ian

bom

b an

d m

usta

rd g

as a

ttack

s, w

ere

esti

mat

ed a

s hi

gh a

s 27

5,00

0.’

(Whi

te 2

004)

: Est

imat

es 7

5,00

0 E

thio

pian

bat

tle d

eath

s, a

rgui

ng th

at th

e es

timat

e of

275

,000

, bas

ed o

n a

1945

mem

oran

dum

fro

m E

thio

pia

to

the

Con

fere

nce

of P

rim

e M

inis

ters

, was

bas

ed o

n su

spic

ious

ly v

ague

fig

ures

In

terp

reta

tio

n:

Ital

ian

KIA

: 4,3

59 K

IA (

Clo

dfel

ter)

L

ow a

nd b

est e

stim

ate

of E

thio

pian

KIA

: 16,

000

(CO

W)

Hig

h es

timat

e of

Eth

iopi

an K

IA: 7

5,00

0 (W

hite

) S

ino-J

ap

an

ese

Wa

r, 7

Ju

ly 1

93

7–9 M

ay 1

941 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 13

0)

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Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Chi

na

750,

000

Japa

n 25

0,00

0 T

otal

1,

000,

000

See

McC

orm

ack

(200

3) f

or a

dis

cuss

ion

of o

ne-s

ided

vio

lenc

e in

this

con

flic

t and

the

deba

te a

s to

whe

ther

gen

ocid

e to

ok p

lace

. (C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

412

: ‘C

hina

rep

orte

d its

tota

l yea

rly

battl

e ca

sual

ties

as: 3

67,3

62 f

or 1

937;

735

,017

for

193

8; 3

46,5

43; 2

99,4

83 f

or 1

941…

’ P.

412

–3: ‘

Acc

ordi

ng to

Chi

nese

fig

ures

… C

hina

lost

1,3

19,9

58 K

IA, 1

,761

,335

WIA

, and

130

,116

MIA

. Aga

in, t

hese

cas

ualty

fig

ures

do

not

incl

ude

the

loss

es o

f th

e C

omm

unis

ts, g

uerr

illas

, and

civ

ilian

s. T

he to

tal n

umbe

r of

dea

d su

ffer

ed b

y C

hina

pro

babl

y ne

ared

3 m

illio

n. H

isto

rian

R

.J. R

umm

el e

stim

ates

3,9

49,0

00 C

hine

se w

ar d

ead

from

193

7–45

, inc

ludi

ng 4

00,0

00 m

ilita

ry. T

he h

ighe

st e

stim

ate

of C

hine

se d

eath

s fr

om a

ll ca

uses

is 6

,325

,000

. [Ja

pane

se]

bom

bs k

illed

71,

105

Chi

nese

…A

t lea

st 3

,000

Chi

nese

wer

e m

urde

red

by J

apan

ese

Med

ical

Det

achm

ents

100

an

d 73

1, u

nits

con

duct

ing

med

ical

, bio

logi

cal,

and

chem

ical

war

fare

exp

erim

ents

on

hum

an s

ubje

cts.

Jap

an’s

sac

rifi

ce in

Chi

na f

rom

193

1–45

w

as o

ffic

ially

set

at 3

88,6

05 m

ilita

ry d

ead

from

all

caus

es, 2

02,9

58 o

f th

em s

ince

Dec

embe

r 7,

194

1.’

P. 4

13–4

: ‘T

he lo

sses

of

the

two

mai

n C

omm

unis

t mili

tary

for

mat

ions

wer

e gi

ven

as 3

23,6

26 k

illed

or

wou

nded

for

the

Eig

hth

Rou

te A

rmy

(12,

536

casu

altie

s in

193

8, in

crea

sing

to 6

3,84

7 in

194

2) a

nd 1

20,8

79 k

illed

or

wou

nded

for

the

New

Fou

rth

Arm

y (1

7,60

1 in

194

2). …

The

Ja

pane

se h

igh

com

man

d cl

aim

ed th

at it

lost

to a

ll gu

erri

lla f

orm

atio

ns in

Chi

na, n

ot ju

st to

the

Red

Chi

nese

, but

to o

ther

non

com

mun

ist p

artis

ans

as w

ell,

only

50,

000

kille

d or

wou

nded

and

a f

ew h

undr

ed c

aptu

red.

Thi

s w

ould

be

out o

f a

tota

l Jap

anes

e, p

uppe

t Chi

nese

, and

sat

ellit

e M

anch

uria

ns lo

sses

of

960,

000

kille

d or

wou

nded

, 280

,000

PO

Ws,

and

100

,000

des

ertio

ns.’

In

terp

reta

tio

n:

Est

imat

ed th

e fo

llow

ing:

St

ate

Chi

nese

com

bata

nts:

1,3

19,9

58 K

IA (

Chi

nese

off

icia

l fig

ure,

pro

babl

y to

o lo

w)

Com

mun

ist C

hine

se c

omba

tant

s: 1

50,0

00 (

Est

imat

ed 1

/3 o

f th

e 44

4,50

5 K

IA a

nd W

IA r

epor

ted

in C

lodf

elte

r)

Chi

nese

kill

ed b

y ai

r ra

ids:

71,

105

(Thi

s m

ay d

oubl

e co

unt s

ome

com

bata

nts,

but

thos

e fi

gure

s ar

e al

read

y ex

pect

ed to

be

som

ewha

t low

) Ja

pane

se K

IA: 1

85,6

47

Chi

nese

and

Mac

huri

ans

figh

ting

for

Japa

n K

IA: 1

34,0

00 (

Bas

ed o

n C

lodf

elte

r’s

estim

ate

of 9

60,0

00 to

tal K

IA a

nd W

IA a

mon

g al

l for

ces

on th

e Ja

pane

se s

ide.

One

-thi

rd o

f th

ese

wer

e es

timat

e as

KIA

, and

Jap

anes

e re

gula

r fo

rces

KIA

wer

e th

en s

ubtr

acte

d)

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Res

ultin

g es

timat

ed to

tal:

1,86

0,71

0. T

his

estim

ate

is s

till c

onsi

dera

bly

low

er th

an m

ost e

stim

ates

of

deat

hs f

rom

all

caus

es in

this

con

flic

t whi

ch

have

bee

n se

t at 3

to 6

mill

ion.

C

hina

’s o

ffic

ial c

asua

lty c

ount

s by

yea

r w

ere

used

to e

stim

ate

a tr

end

in th

e da

ta.

Ch

an

gk

ufe

ng

War,

29 J

uly

–11

Au

gu

st 1

938 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 133)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Japa

n 52

6 U

SSR

1,

200

Tot

al

1,72

6 (C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

414

: ‘Fo

r tw

o w

eeks

in th

e su

mm

er o

f 19

38, J

uly

29–A

ugus

t 11

…th

e R

ussi

ans

lost

717

KIA

, 2,7

52 W

IA, 7

5 M

IA. J

apan

rep

orte

d th

at it

s 10

,000

-man

19th

Inf

antr

y D

ivis

ion…

lost

526

KIA

, 913

WIA

. (D

upuy

and

Dup

uy 1

986)

: P.

104

3: ‘

1938

, Jul

y 11

–Aug

ust 1

0. U

ndec

lare

d H

ostil

ities

with

Rus

sia.

Sev

ere

figh

ting

brok

e ou

t bec

ause

of

a di

sput

e ov

er th

e po

orly

def

ined

fr

ontie

r w

here

Mac

huri

a, K

orea

, and

Sib

eria

mee

t.’

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

Japa

nese

KIA

: 526

L

ow a

nd b

est e

stim

ate

of R

ussi

an lo

sses

: 717

(C

lodf

elte

r; u

sed

as th

e be

st e

stim

ate

beca

use

the

sour

ce s

peci

fies

that

this

is K

IA o

nly)

. Tot

al o

f 1,

243

battl

e de

aths

. H

igh

estim

ate

of R

ussi

an lo

sses

: 1,2

00 f

rom

CO

W. T

otal

of

1,72

6 ba

ttle

deat

hs.

No

mon

han

War,

11 M

ay–

16 S

epte

mb

er 1

939

(C

OW

War

No. 136)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

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Japa

n 20

,000

M

ongo

lia

3,00

0 U

SSR

5,

000

Tot

al

28,0

00

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 4

14: ‘

In la

te M

ay 1

939

the

Japa

nese

… a

ttack

Sov

iet f

orce

s …

on

the

… d

ispu

ted

bord

er o

f O

uter

Mon

golia

, lon

g a

sate

llite

of

the

Sovi

et

Uni

on. …

The

Jap

anes

e…lo

st o

ver

17,0

00 m

en, 8

,440

of

who

m w

ere

kille

d, a

nd 8

,776

wer

e w

ound

ed. T

he R

ussi

ans

lost

6,8

31 k

illed

, 15,

251

wou

nded

, 1,1

43 m

issi

ng, o

ut o

f 69

,000

dep

loye

d on

the

fron

t.’

(Dup

uy a

nd D

upuy

198

6):

P. 1

043:

‘T

he S

ovie

ts a

dmitt

ed 9

,824

cas

ualti

es, b

ut th

eir

loss

es w

ere

prob

ably

com

para

ble

to th

e Ja

pane

se a

dmitt

ed 1

7,40

5 ca

sual

ties.

’ In

terp

reta

tio

n:

Est

imat

ed J

apan

ese

loss

es: 8

,440

(C

lodf

elte

r)

Est

imat

ed R

ussi

an lo

sses

: 6,8

31 (

Dup

uy &

Dup

uy a

nd C

lodf

elte

r ag

ree

fair

ly c

lose

ly, w

ith b

oth

sugg

estin

g a

figu

re o

f m

ore

than

the

adm

itted

9,

924

KIA

and

WIA

.)

Est

imat

ed M

ongo

lian

loss

es: 3

,000

(C

OW

) W

orl

d W

ar

II, 1 S

epte

mb

er 1

939–14 A

ugu

st 1

94

5 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 139)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Aus

tral

ia

33,8

26

Bel

gium

9,

600

Bra

zil

1,00

0 B

ulga

ria

10,0

00

Can

ada

41,9

92

Chi

na

1,35

0,00

0 E

thio

pia

5,00

0

Finl

and

65,0

00

Fran

ce

213,

324

Ger

man

y 3,

500,

000

Gre

ece

18,3

00

Hun

gary

13

6,00

0 It

aly

226,

900

Japa

n 1,

740,

000

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Mon

golia

3,

000

Net

herl

ands

7,

900

New

Zea

land

12

,200

N

orw

ay

3,00

0 Po

land

32

0,00

0 R

oman

ia

300,

000

Sout

h A

fric

a 8,

700

UK

41

8,76

5 U

SA

405,

400

USS

R

7,50

0,00

0 Y

ugos

lavi

a 30

5,00

0

Tot

al:

16,6

34,9

07

(Bla

ke 1

988)

: P.

383

: ‘T

he d

ead

in W

orld

War

II

have

bee

n es

timat

ed a

t 15

mill

ion

mili

tary

, or

whi

ch u

p to

2 m

illio

n w

ere

Sovi

et p

riso

ners

-of-

war

. An

esti

mat

ed 3

5 m

illio

n ci

vilia

ns d

ied,

with

bet

wee

n 4

and

5 m

illio

n Je

ws

peri

shin

g in

con

cent

ratio

n ca

mps

, and

an

estim

ated

2 m

illio

n m

ore

in

mas

s m

urde

rs in

Eas

tern

Eur

ope.

’ (D

upuy

and

Dup

uy 1

986)

: T

able

fro

m p

age

1198

exc

erpt

ed h

ere.

Aut

hors

do

not s

peci

fy if

mili

tary

dea

d in

clud

es d

eath

s fr

om a

ll ca

uses

or

only

com

bat d

eath

s:

Nations

Mili

tary

D

ead

Civ

ilian

Dead

Note

s

US

A

292,1

00

0

Neglig

ible

civ

ilian d

eath

s

UK

397,7

62

65,0

00

Fra

nce

210,6

71

108,0

00

US

SR

7,5

00,0

00

10,0

00,0

00

Up t

o 1

5 m

illio

n c

ivili

an d

ead

Chin

a

500,0

00

1,0

00,0

00

Germ

any

2,8

50,0

00

500,0

00

Italy

77,5

00

40,0

00

Up t

o 1

00,0

00 c

ivili

an d

ead

Japan

1,5

06,0

00

300,0

00

All

oth

er

1,5

00,0

00

14,0

00,0

00

Up t

o 1

7 m

illio

n t

ota

l civ

ilian d

ead,

inclu

din

g 6

mill

ion J

ew

s a

nd 4

.5 m

illio

n

Pole

s

Tota

l 14,8

34,0

33

26,0

13,0

00

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

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P. 5

81: ‘

Whe

n on

e ad

ds u

p al

l the

civ

ilian

vic

tims

of th

e H

oloc

aust

, of

the

Res

ista

nce

in o

ccup

ied

Eur

ope,

of

the

terr

or b

ombi

ngs,

of

star

vatio

n,

dise

ase

and

priv

atio

n ca

used

by

the

conf

lict,

the

toll

of W

orld

War

II,

at t

he m

ost c

onse

rvat

ive

estim

ate,

sur

pass

es 3

0 m

illio

n—w

ith 4

0 m

illio

n a

mor

e lik

ely

figu

re a

nd s

ome

estim

ates

goi

ng u

p to

55

mill

ion.

’ P.

582

: ‘N

onco

mba

tant

dea

ths

for

man

y of

the

natio

ns e

ngag

ed c

an o

nly

be r

ough

ly e

stim

ated

. The

Sov

iet U

nion

lost

fro

m 7

to 1

2 m

illio

n.

Pola

nd lo

st a

bout

5,6

75,0

00 d

ead,

incl

udin

g 3

mill

ion

Jew

s. Y

ugos

lavi

a lo

st a

t lea

st 1

.2 m

illio

n. O

ther

Alli

ed n

onco

mba

tant

dea

ths

incl

uded

: Fr

ance

350

,000

, inc

ludi

ng 1

07,8

74 k

illed

in th

e re

sist

ance

or

in a

ir b

ombi

ng; G

reec

e—32

5,00

0; C

zech

oslo

vaki

a—21

5,00

0; N

ethe

rlan

ds—

200,

000;

UK

—65

,000

, inc

ludi

ng 6

0,59

5 in

bom

bing

and

bom

bard

men

t…; P

hilip

pine

s—91

,000

; Bel

gium

—76

,000

; Nor

way

—7,

000;

US—

6,00

0, in

clud

ing

5,63

8 M

erch

ant M

arin

e. A

mon

g th

e A

xis

pow

ers,

non

com

bata

nt d

eath

s in

Ger

man

y in

clud

ed, b

y on

e co

unt,

593,

000

lost

to

Ang

lo-A

mer

ican

bom

bing

(in

clud

ing

56,0

00 f

orei

gn w

orke

rs a

nd 4

0,00

0 A

ustr

ians

), 1

0,00

0 ki

lled

in c

ross

fire

in th

e w

est,

and

619,

000

lost

to

the

Sovi

ets

and

thei

r al

lies

in th

e ea

st. J

apan

lost

, by

offi

cial

cou

nt, 6

58,5

95. O

ther

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s ci

vilia

n de

aths

incl

uded

: Hun

gary

290

,000

; Rom

ania

—20

0,00

0; A

ustr

ia—

170,

000;

Ita

ly—

152,

941;

Bul

gari

a—10

,000

; Fin

land

—2,

000.

’ P.

580

: ‘A

Jap

anes

e so

urce

list

s 29

9,48

5 ci

vilia

ns v

ictim

s of

the

Am

eric

an a

ir b

omba

rdm

ent,

1,73

9 no

ncom

bata

nts

slai

n by

US

nava

l bo

mba

rdm

ent,

and

a to

tal,

incl

udin

g at

omic

bom

bing

vic

tims,

dis

ease

dea

ths,

and

thos

e w

ho d

ied

of s

tarv

atio

n an

d ot

her

caus

es a

ttrib

utab

le to

th

e w

ar, o

f 65

8,59

5 ci

vilia

n de

ad. U

S so

urce

s es

timat

e no

ncom

bata

nt lo

sses

for

Jap

an in

the

stra

tegi

c bo

mbi

ng o

ffen

sive

at 2

60,0

00 k

illed

…’

P. 5

80–1

: ‘So

me

70,1

47 o

f th

e 76

,327

str

uctu

res

in H

iros

him

a w

ere

dest

roye

d. O

ne c

ount

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ced

the

dead

at 7

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0…th

e se

apor

t of

Nag

asak

i, po

pula

tion

280,

000…

at le

ast 3

2,75

3 pe

ople

die

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cen

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in H

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him

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ars

the

nam

es o

f 17

2,02

4 vi

ctim

s of

the

blas

t who

die

d im

med

iate

ly o

r in

the

year

s si

nce

of r

adia

tion

pois

onin

g. A

sep

arat

e ce

ntog

raph

hol

ds th

e na

mes

of

2,11

7 K

orea

n na

tiona

ls li

ving

in H

iros

him

a w

ho d

ied

beca

use

of th

e bo

mbi

ng.’

P.

582

: Exc

erpt

s fr

om a

cha

rt o

f m

ilita

ry d

eath

s, w

ith n

otes

add

ed:

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53

Axis

Mil

itary

De

ad

all

Cau

ses

Milit

ary

Batt

le D

ead

No

te

Germ

an

y3,2

50,0

00

2,8

50,0

00

D&

D a

gre

e; C

OW

com

pa

rab

le t

o d

ea

d a

ll ca

use

s

Jap

an

2,5

65,8

78

1,5

55,3

08

<C

OW

; D

&D

rou

gh

ly a

gre

e

Ita

ly3

80,0

00

11

0,8

23

<C

OW

; >

D&

D

Rom

an

ia3

00,0

00

16

9,8

82

CO

W c

om

para

ble

to d

ead

all

ca

uses

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ga

ry2

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14

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>C

OW

Fin

lan

d82

,000

79,0

47

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OW

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str

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n.a

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ot in

c. In

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W

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lga

ria

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,500

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OW

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sM

ilit

ary

De

ad

all

Cau

ses

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ary

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le D

ead

US

SR

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68,4

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6,3

29,6

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<C

OW

and

D&

D,

ea

ch lis

ting

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mill

ion

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a22

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0, 1

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00

,000

& C

OW

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est.

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lan

d in

c. P

art

isa

ns

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.(C

OW

est.

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,00

0)

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lish

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gu

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om

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to

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ca

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ca

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ca

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gre

e; C

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rab

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o d

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d a

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use

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nce

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me

as C

OW

; D

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rab

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ece in

c. P

art

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ns

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W

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ek R

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ula

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ay

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om

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ead

all

ca

uses

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erl

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OW

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ma

rk6

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t in

c. In

CO

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rable

to

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t in

c. In

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tish C

olo

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sn

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tal o

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ion.

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54

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

Com

bata

nt lo

sses

wer

e ge

nera

lly a

djus

ted

dow

n fr

om C

OW

—th

ose

figu

res

seem

to in

clud

e de

aths

fro

m a

ll ca

uses

: N

atio

n

Co

de

d

Note

s

Austr

alia

23,3

65

Clo

dfe

lter

Austr

ia

24

5,0

00

Based o

n t

ota

l de

ad in C

lodfe

lter.

Battle

dead e

stim

ate

d u

sin

g G

erm

an

ratio b

etw

ee

n a

ll causes o

f de

ath

and b

att

le d

ead

Belg

ium

8,4

60

Clo

dfe

lter

Bra

zil

94

3

Clo

dfe

lter

British C

olo

nie

s

6,8

77

Clo

dfe

lter

Bulg

aria

6,6

71

Clo

dfe

lter

Ca

na

da

37,4

76

Clo

dfe

lter

Chin

a

50

0,0

00

Fro

m D

up

uy &

Dupuy;

CO

W f

igure

inc. civ

ilian d

ead o

r p

re-4

1?

Czechoslo

va

kia

6,6

83

Not

inc. In

CO

W

De

nm

ark

1,8

00

Not

inc. In

CO

W

Eth

iopia

5,0

00

CO

W

Fin

lan

d

79,0

47

>C

OW

Fra

nce

21

3,3

24

Sam

e a

s C

OW

; D

&D

com

para

ble

Germ

any

2,8

50,0

00

D&

D a

gre

e;

CO

W c

om

para

ble

to d

ead a

ll causes

Gre

ece inc. P

art

isans

82,1

00

Based o

n t

ota

l batt

le d

eath

s in C

lodfe

lter.

Used r

atio b

etw

een C

OW

an

d

Clo

dfe

lter

estim

ate

s' o

f G

reek r

eg

ula

rs' d

eath

s t

o o

bta

in e

stim

ate

of

death

s f

rom

all

causes to b

att

le d

eath

s.

Hu

ng

ary

14

7,4

35

Clo

dfe

lter

India

36,0

92

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dfe

lter

Italy

11

0,8

23

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dfe

lter

Japan

1,5

55,3

08

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dfe

lter

Mong

olia

3,0

00

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erl

ands

6,3

44

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dfe

lter

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w Z

eala

nd

10,0

33

Clo

dfe

lter

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rwa

y

1,5

98

Clo

dfe

lter

Phili

ppin

es

27,2

58

Clo

dfe

lter

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55

Pola

nd inc.

Part

isans

32

0,0

00

Fro

m C

OW

; <

Clo

dfe

lter

figu

re f

or

tota

l death

s

Rom

ania

16

9,8

82

Clo

dfe

lter

South

Afr

ica

6,8

40

Clo

dfe

lter

UK

26

4,4

43

Clo

dfe

lter

US

A

28

2,1

31

Clo

dfe

lter

US

SR

6,3

29,6

00

Clo

dfe

lter

Yugosla

via

26

7,0

00

Based o

n t

ota

l de

ad in C

lodfe

lter.

Battle

dead e

stim

ate

d u

sin

g G

erm

an

ratio b

etw

ee

n a

ll causes o

f de

ath

and b

att

le d

ead

Tota

l:

14,4

54,5

33

Slig

htly less t

ha

n C

OW

, as e

xpecte

d

CO

W d

oes

not a

ccou

nt f

or c

ivili

an lo

sses

. The

se w

ere

estim

ated

acc

ordi

ngly

. Whe

re o

nly

a fi

gure

for

dea

ths

from

all

caus

es r

elat

ed to

war

was

av

aila

ble,

thes

e w

ere

disc

ount

ed b

y 75

% to

est

imat

e ba

ttle

deat

hs:

Nation

Clo

dfe

lter

Du

pu

y &

D

upu

y

Note

s

Co

de

d

Austr

ia

17

0,0

00

T

yp

e u

nspecifie

d

42,5

00

Belg

ium

76,0

00

T

yp

e u

nspecifie

d

19,0

00

Bulg

aria

10,0

00

T

yp

e u

nspecifie

d

2,5

00

Chin

a

not

liste

d

1 m

illio

n

Typ

e u

nspecifie

d

25

0,0

00

Czechoslo

va

kia

21

5,0

00

T

yp

e u

nspecifie

d,

but

pro

bably

war-

rela

ted

53,7

50

Fin

lan

d

2,0

00

T

yp

e u

nspecifie

d

50

0

Fra

nce

10

7,8

74

108,0

00

Resis

tance a

nd a

ir b

om

bin

g inclu

de

d in C

lodfe

lter

fig

ure

10

7,8

74

Germ

any

1,2

22,0

00

500,0

00

Clo

dfe

lter

fig

ure

larg

ely

fro

m 5

93K

in b

om

bin

gs,

10K

in b

att

le in

west,

and 6

19K

in e

ast

of

whic

h t

he t

ype is u

ncert

ain

. 75

0,0

00

Gre

ece

32

5,0

00

T

yp

e u

nspecifie

d

81,2

50

Hu

ng

ary

29

0,0

00

T

yp

e u

nspecifie

d

72,5

00

Italy

15

2,9

41

40–

10

0,0

00

Typ

e u

nspecifie

d

38,2

00

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Japan

41

2,1

27

300,0

00

299,4

85 (

air b

om

bin

g)+

1,7

39 (

naval bo

mba

rdm

ent)

+78,1

50

(Hiroshim

a)+

Na

gasaki (3

2,7

53)=

412,1

27.

658,5

95 is t

he t

ota

l off

icia

l figure

for

de

ath

s f

rom

all

causes.

41

2,1

27

Neth

erl

ands

20

0,0

00

T

yp

e u

nspecifie

d,

but

pro

bably

war-

rela

ted

50,0

00

No

rwa

y

7,0

00

T

yp

e u

nspecifie

d

1,7

50

Phili

ppin

es

91,0

00

T

yp

e u

nspecifie

d,

but

pla

usib

ly b

att

le-r

ela

ted

91,0

00

Pola

nd

5,6

75,0

00

inc.

3 m

illio

n

Jew

s

4.5

mill

ion

Inclu

des w

ar-

rela

ted d

eath

s a

nd v

ictim

s o

f th

e H

olo

caust. U

sed

the f

igure

of

1.5

mill

ion,

from

Dup

uy's

low

estim

ate

of

civ

ilian

death

s m

inus t

hre

e m

illio

n J

ew

s a

s a

base f

igure

for

wa

r de

ath

s

1,5

00,0

00

Rom

ania

20

0,0

00

T

yp

e u

nspecifie

d

50,0

00

UK

60,5

95

V

ictim

s o

f bom

bin

g a

nd b

om

ba

rdm

ent

60,5

95

US

A

6,0

00

0

Larg

ely

fro

m t

he M

erc

hant

Marine:

inte

rpre

ted a

s b

att

le-r

ela

ted

6,0

00

US

SR

7–

12 m

illio

n

10–

15 m

illio

n

War-

rela

ted f

igure

s;

low

est

estim

ate

of

7 m

illio

n u

sed a

s a

n

estim

ate

of batt

le d

eath

s

7,0

00,0

00

Yugosla

via

1.2

mill

ion

T

yp

e u

nspecifie

d

30

0,0

00

T

ota

l:

10,8

89,5

46

The

tota

l cal

cula

ted

here

is a

lmos

t 11

mill

ion

dead

. Add

ed to

mili

tary

dea

ths,

that

acc

ount

s fo

r ab

out 2

5 m

illio

n pe

ople

. Thi

s fi

gure

is s

till w

ell

belo

w th

e fi

gure

s fo

r to

tal d

eath

s fr

om th

e w

ar-h

ards

hips

of

WW

II, w

hich

ran

ge u

p to

55

mill

ion.

T

hese

dat

a w

ere

tren

ded

acco

rdin

g to

geo

grap

hic

thea

ter

base

d on

bat

tle in

form

atio

n in

Clo

dfel

ter

and

info

rmat

ion

on U

S ca

sual

ty r

ates

aft

er it

en

tere

d th

e w

ar. I

n th

e C

OW

par

ticip

ant f

iles,

som

e co

untr

ies

appe

ar tw

ice

beca

use

they

wer

e in

activ

e du

ring

a p

erio

d of

WW

II. T

heir

bat

tle

deat

hs a

re e

venl

y di

vide

d be

twee

n th

e en

trie

s be

caus

e m

ore

spec

ific

info

rmat

ion

was

not

ava

ilabl

e.

A n

ote

on J

apan

ese

vict

ims

of r

adia

tion

pois

onin

g: I

n ge

nera

l, w

e ha

ve c

olle

cted

ann

ual b

attle

dea

ths

data

whi

ch in

clud

es b

oth

deat

hs d

urin

g co

mba

t and

dea

ths

from

wou

nds

rece

ived

in c

omba

t. So

me

of th

ose

cons

ider

ed d

ead

of w

ound

s m

ay h

ave

died

in a

yea

r fo

llow

ing

that

in w

hich

co

mba

t act

ually

took

pla

ce, e

spec

ially

in th

e ca

se o

f ba

ttles

taki

ng p

lace

late

in th

e ca

lend

ar y

ear.

The

se d

eath

s w

ere

incl

uded

, how

ever

, if

they

w

ere

the

dire

ct a

nd im

med

iate

res

ult o

f in

juri

es s

usta

ined

dur

ing

com

bat v

iole

nce.

Lon

g te

rm r

educ

tion

in li

fe e

xpec

tanc

y be

caus

e of

wou

nds

or

disa

bilit

y w

as n

ot in

clud

ed. T

he m

ost d

iffi

cult

case

of

such

a d

istin

ctio

n co

mes

fro

m W

orld

War

II

in J

apan

. Bas

ed o

n de

scri

ptio

ns o

f m

orta

lity

patte

rns

in B

ergs

tröm

(19

83),

we

clas

sify

as

battl

e de

aths

fat

aliti

es th

ose

caus

ed b

y th

e fo

rce

and

heat

of

the

expl

osio

ns, a

nd le

thal

dos

es o

f

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radi

atio

n ex

posu

re. W

e ha

ve e

xclu

ded

from

our

cou

nt o

f ba

ttle

deat

hs th

e lo

nger

term

mor

talit

y ca

used

by

non-

fata

l dos

es o

f ra

diat

ion

that

did

no

t rec

eive

suf

fici

ent t

reat

men

t. R

uss

o-F

inn

ish

War,

30 N

ovem

ber

1939–3 D

ecem

ber

1940

(C

OW

War

No. 14

2)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Finl

and

24,9

00

USS

R

50,0

00

Tot

al

74,9

00

(Woo

d 19

68, 1

0): E

stim

ates

50,

000

mili

tary

dea

d fo

r th

e U

SSR

, 40,

000

mili

tary

dea

d fo

r th

e Fi

nnis

h.

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 4

85: ‘

Finl

and

coun

ted

23,1

57 K

IA, 1

,766

MIA

(an

d pr

esum

ed d

ead)

…So

viet

mili

tary

dea

ths

from

all

caus

es w

ere

126,

875,

incl

udin

g 71

,124

K

IA…

’ (D

upuy

and

Dup

uy 1

986)

: P.

105

5: ‘

Finn

ish

loss

es in

the

war

wer

e ab

out 2

5,00

0 ki

lled

and

43,0

00 w

ound

ed. R

ussi

an lo

sses

hav

e ne

ver

been

pub

lishe

d, b

ut th

ey w

ere

prob

ably

abo

ut 2

00,0

00 k

illed

and

400

,000

mor

e w

ound

ed.’

In

terp

reta

tio

n:

Finn

ish

loss

es: 2

3,15

7 (C

OW

and

Clo

dfel

ter)

So

viet

loss

es lo

w e

stim

ate:

50,

000

(CO

W, W

ood)

So

viet

loss

es h

igh

and

best

est

imat

e: 7

1,12

4 (C

lodf

elte

r—us

ed a

s th

e pr

efer

red

figu

re b

ecau

se th

ese

are

iden

tifie

d as

KIA

) F

ran

co-T

ha

i W

ar,

1 D

ecem

ber

19

40–22 J

an

uary

1941 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 1

45)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Fran

ce

700

Tha

iland

70

0

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Tot

al

1,40

0 (E

ckha

rdt 1

996)

: Est

imat

es 1

,000

mili

tary

and

1,0

00 c

ivili

an d

ead

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 4

15: ‘

Tha

iland

mob

ilize

d 50

,000

men

and

beg

an b

orde

r in

curs

ions

in N

ovem

ber

1940

. On

Janu

ary

9, 1

941,

the

Tha

is a

ttack

ed b

oth

Lao

s an

d C

ambo

dia…

Tot

al F

renc

h ca

sual

ties

wer

e ab

out 2

00.’

In

terp

reta

tio

n:

Clo

dfel

ter’

s es

timat

e fo

r K

IA &

WIA

for

Fra

nce

is m

uch

low

er th

an th

at r

epor

ted

by C

OW

. For

a n

umbe

r of

war

s in

this

per

iod,

CO

W f

igur

es

have

bee

n w

ar-r

elat

ed d

eath

s an

d in

clud

ed s

igni

fica

nt n

umbe

rs o

f so

ldie

rs d

ead

of d

isea

se (

espe

cial

ly E

urop

ean

forc

es a

broa

d).

Low

est

imat

e: E

stim

ated

200

Fre

nch

KIA

and

WIA

fro

m C

lodf

elte

r, a

nd a

sim

ilar

num

ber

of T

hai c

asua

lties

bas

ed o

n th

e ra

tio in

CO

W. T

his

yiel

ds 4

00 to

tal K

IA a

nd W

IA; 1

30 o

f th

ese

estim

ated

as

battl

e de

aths

. H

igh

estim

ate:

1,4

00 (

CO

W)

Bes

t est

imat

e: T

hai K

IA e

stim

ated

as

700,

fro

m C

OW

. Fre

nch

casu

altie

s es

timat

ed a

s 65

KIA

, fro

m C

lodf

elte

r.

In

trast

ate

Wa

rs

Co

lum

bia

vs.

Lib

erals

, 1 S

epte

mb

er 1

89

9–15 J

un

e 1903 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 582)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

100,

000

Tot

al D

eath

s:

Unk

now

n (K

ohn

1986

): ‘

…an

est

imat

ed 1

00,0

00 C

olum

bian

s lo

st th

eir

lives

in th

e fi

ghtin

g, w

hich

end

ed in

Jun

e 19

03.’

(W

hite

200

4): E

stim

ates

fro

m 6

0,00

0 to

130

,000

dea

d.

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(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 3

67: ‘

In ju

st th

e fi

rst y

ear

of th

e co

nflic

t, 13

, 492

live

s w

ere

lost

in b

attle

s in

volv

ing

mor

e th

an 2

00 c

omba

tant

s, a

nd to

tal d

eath

s, in

clud

ing

thos

e fr

om d

isea

ses,

num

bere

d as

man

y as

20,

000.

All

told

, as

man

y as

100

,000

son

s of

Col

umbi

a di

ed, t

houg

h pr

obab

ly h

alf

of th

ose

fata

litie

s w

ere

vict

ims

of g

erm

s ra

ther

than

gun

shot

s.’

(Ber

gqui

st 1

978)

: P.

133

: Est

imat

es a

dea

th to

ll of

per

haps

a h

undr

ed th

ousa

nd: ‘

Thi

s fi

gure

, com

mon

ly c

ited

in th

e lit

erat

ure,

is n

o m

ore

than

a g

uess

. Com

bat w

as

mos

t int

ense

dur

ing

the

firs

t yea

r of

the

figh

ting

whe

n, a

ccor

ding

to o

ne c

onte

mpo

rary

est

imat

e, 1

3,49

2 m

en d

ied

in c

omba

t on

both

sid

es in

ba

ttles

invo

lvin

g m

ore

than

200

men

. The

sam

e so

urce

est

imat

ed to

tal d

eath

s ‘i

nclu

ding

thos

e re

sulti

ng f

rom

wou

nds

and

epid

emic

s’ a

t abo

ut

20,0

00. …

Dis

ease

, par

ticul

arly

yel

low

fev

er a

nd d

ysen

tery

, pro

babl

y ca

used

mor

e de

aths

than

com

bat,

espe

cial

ly d

urin

g th

e la

st y

ear

of th

e w

ar

[whe

n go

vern

men

t tro

ops

wer

e se

nt f

rom

the

high

land

s to

Pan

ama]

… it

was

cer

tain

ly a

ver

y hi

gh p

ropo

rtio

n of

the

tota

l Col

ombi

an p

opul

atio

n of

som

e fo

ur m

illio

n…’

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

B

ased

on

Clo

dfel

ter’

s es

timat

e, h

alf

of th

e to

tal o

f 10

0,00

0 de

ad w

as c

oded

as

battl

e de

aths

. T

rend

: 13,

492

deat

hs c

oded

in 1

899,

no

tren

d th

erea

fter

. V

enez

uel

a v

s. C

ast

ro L

ed R

ebel

s, 2

4 M

ay–22

Oct

ob

er 1

899 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 583)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

2,00

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

U

nkno

wn

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 3

66: ‘

…2,

000

lives

wer

e lo

st a

nd th

e go

vern

men

t’s

arm

y w

as s

hatte

red.

’ In

terp

reta

tio

n:

E

stim

ated

2,0

00 d

ead.

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Ven

ezu

ela v

s. M

ato

s L

ed R

ebel

s, D

ecem

ber

1901–Ju

ly 1

903 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 584)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

1,05

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

U

nkno

wn

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 4

29: ‘

Juan

Vin

cent

er G

ómez

qui

ckly

mar

ched

to th

e de

fens

e of

this

cau

dillo

, bea

ting

the

rebe

ls in

sev

en b

attle

s in

a 6

6-da

y ca

mpa

ign

in

wes

tern

Ven

ezue

la. T

he d

ecis

ive

battl

e ca

me

Oct

ober

12–

21, 1

902,

at L

a V

icto

ria

whe

n 6,

000

Cas

tro

troo

ps d

efea

ted

14,0

00 r

ebel

s. T

he f

inal

re

bel s

tron

ghol

d …

fel

l in

July

190

3 w

hen

its 3

,000

def

ende

rs w

ere

outf

ough

t by

an e

qual

num

ber

of g

over

nmen

t tro

ops

land

ed f

rom

riv

er s

hips

by

Góm

ez. I

n th

e fi

erce

fif

ty-h

our

battl

e G

ómez

lost

250

kill

ed a

nd 4

00 w

ound

ed, w

hile

reb

el lo

sses

exc

eede

d 80

0.’

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

E

stim

ated

1,0

50 d

eath

s O

ttom

an

Em

pir

e vs.

VM

RO

Reb

els,

2 A

ugu

st 1

90

3–2 N

ovem

ber

19

03 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 585)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

2,00

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

4,

000

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 3

82: ‘

In s

ome

239

reco

rded

ski

rmis

hes

the

fier

ce B

ulga

rs …

kill

ing

5,32

8 T

urks

for

onl

y 99

4 fa

tal c

asua

lties

on

thei

r ow

n si

de. B

ut it

was

ag

ains

t the

hap

less

and

una

rmed

vill

ager

s th

at th

e T

urks

ret

alia

ted,

des

troy

ing

200

villa

ges,

bur

ning

12,

000

hous

es, a

nd s

layi

ng 4

,700

no

ncom

bata

nts.

’ (T

otal

s ei

ther

6,3

22 o

r 11

,022

, dep

endi

ng o

n w

heth

er c

ivili

an d

eath

s ar

e co

nsid

ered

bat

tle-r

elat

ed.)

(K

apla

n 19

93):

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P. 6

1: 4

,694

Mac

edon

ian

civi

lians

and

994

gue

rrill

as k

illed

. Ove

r 3,

000

wom

en a

nd g

irls

wer

e es

timat

ed to

hav

e be

en r

aped

by

the

Tur

ks.

P. 6

1: ‘

…on

Aug

ust 2

, 190

3, M

aced

onia

exp

lode

d. …

It l

aste

d te

n da

ys, u

ntil

2,00

0 T

urki

sh tr

oops

, sup

port

ed b

y ar

tille

ry, o

verw

helm

ed 1

,200

gu

erri

llas

in K

rush

ovo

… T

he T

urks

rep

orte

dly

rape

d 15

0 w

omen

and

gir

ls in

Kru

shov

o …

Thr

ough

out M

aced

onia

it w

as th

e sa

me.

’ In

terp

reta

tio

n:

Sour

ces

are

quite

pre

cise

, and

the

only

dif

ficu

lty w

as d

ecid

ing

whe

ther

to c

ode

civi

lian

reta

liato

ry a

ttack

s as

bat

tle d

eath

s. T

hey

wer

e in

clud

ed in

th

e hi

gh e

stim

ate

(Est

imat

ed 5

,328

Tur

ks K

IA +

994

Bul

gars

KIA

+ 4

,694

civ

ilian

s). B

ecau

se th

e w

ave

of r

etal

iatio

n fo

llow

ed th

e pr

imar

y fi

ghtin

g th

ese

deat

hs w

ere

excl

uded

fro

m th

e lo

w a

nd b

est e

stim

ates

(E

stim

ated

5,3

28 T

urks

KIA

+ 9

94 B

ulga

rs K

IA).

U

rugu

ay v

s. B

lan

cos,

1 J

an

uary

–1 S

epte

mb

er 1

904 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 587)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

1,00

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

U

nkno

wn

(Eck

hard

t 199

6): E

stim

ates

1,0

00 d

ead

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 4

29–3

0: ‘

Seve

ral s

kirm

ishe

s le

d up

to th

e B

attle

of

Tup

amba

e, J

une

22–2

4, th

e bl

oodi

est i

n U

rugu

ay’s

his

tory

. … C

asua

lties

on

both

sid

es

exce

eded

2,3

00.’

In

terp

reta

tio

n:

Low

est

imat

e: 7

70 K

IA (

1/3

of th

e 2,

300

casu

altie

s es

timat

ed b

y C

lodf

elte

r)

Hig

h es

timat

e: 1

,000

(C

OW

& E

ckha

rdt)

B

est e

stim

ate:

880

(M

ean)

Ru

ssia

vs.

Work

ers/

Pea

san

ts, 22 J

an

uary

19

05–1 J

an

uary

1906 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 5

88)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

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Stat

e D

eath

s:

1,00

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

U

nkno

wn

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 3

82: ‘

From

Nov

embe

r 19

05 to

Jun

e 19

06, f

or e

xam

ple,

288

pol

ice

offi

cial

s w

ere

slai

n by

rev

olut

iona

ries

and

383

wou

nded

. By

Oct

ober

190

6 a

tota

l of

3,61

1 go

vern

men

t off

icia

ls h

ad b

een

kille

d or

wou

nded

. At l

east

1,5

00 c

zari

st s

oldi

ers

or b

urea

ucra

ts d

ied

in th

e R

evol

utio

n of

190

5.

Abo

ut 1

5,00

0 re

bels

and

non

com

bata

nts

wer

e ki

lled

and

20,0

00 w

ound

ed.’

In

terp

reta

tio

n:

In th

is c

ase,

CO

W f

igur

e se

ems

to h

ave

only

rec

orde

d de

aths

am

ong

stat

e fo

rces

. L

ow e

stim

ate:

1,0

00 d

eath

s (C

OW

) H

igh

and

best

est

imat

e: 1

6,50

0 de

aths

(C

lodf

elte

r)

Ru

man

ia v

s. P

easa

nts

, 15 M

arc

h–

30 A

pri

l 1

907 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 589)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

2,00

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

U

nkno

wn

(Whi

te 2

004)

: Est

imat

es 1

1,00

0 re

bels

kill

ed

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

, 382

–3):

‘O

ver

11,0

00 li

ves

wer

e lo

st in

the

rebe

llion

, mos

t of

them

pea

sant

s sl

ain

in th

e su

ppre

ssio

n.’

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

Hig

h es

timat

e: 1

1,00

0 (W

hite

and

Clo

dfel

ter)

L

ow e

stim

ate:

2,0

00 (

CO

W)

Bes

t est

imat

e: 6

,500

(M

ean)

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Mo

rocc

o v

s. F

ez C

aid

s of

1907, 1 A

ugu

st 1

907–19

Au

gu

st 1

908 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 590)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Fran

ce:

200

Mor

occo

-Sta

te D

eath

s:

1,00

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

U

nkno

wn

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 3

95: ‘

…on

Jul

y 30

, 190

7 af

ter

a m

ob m

urde

red

9 E

urop

eans

in C

asab

lanc

a. S

ome

2,00

0 Se

nega

lese

tira

illeu

rs a

nd F

orei

gn L

egio

nnai

res

wer

e la

nded

and

let l

oose

on

the

city

to b

urn,

sac

k, a

nd s

lay.

Hun

dred

of

Mor

occa

ns w

ere

butc

here

d. …

The

bat

tle th

at b

roke

the

back

of

the

rebe

llion

oc

curr

ed o

n N

ovem

ber

29 w

hen

a 4,

000-

man

Mor

occa

n ha

rka

faile

d to

pun

ch th

roug

h a

Fren

ch li

ne o

n th

e W

adi K

iss

and

paid

for

its

effo

rt w

ith

300

dead

. Far

ther

sou

th a

long

the

Alg

eria

n-M

oroc

can

bord

er a

har

ka le

d by

Mou

lai L

ahsi

n bu

rst i

n am

ong

the

tent

s of

a s

leep

ing

Fren

ch b

ivou

ac

at M

enab

ha o

n A

pril

17, 1

908.

By

the

tim

e th

e su

rpri

sed

Leg

ionn

aire

s ha

d re

cove

red

enou

gh to

rep

ulse

the

atta

cker

s, th

ey h

ad lo

st 1

9 K

IA a

nd

101

WIA

. Mor

occa

n ca

sual

ties

tota

led

100.

Gen

eral

Vig

ny th

en to

ok th

e fi

eld

agai

nst t

he 6

,000

reb

els

and

rout

ed th

em a

t Bou

Den

ib o

n M

ay 1

3.

As

man

y as

500

Mor

occa

ns f

ell.

The

reg

ion

was

not

yet

sub

dued

… it

req

uire

d a

4,00

0-m

an r

elie

f co

lum

n un

der

Gen

eral

Alix

to b

reak

the

sieg

e an

d de

feat

the

Mor

occa

ns a

t Djo

rf o

n Se

ptem

ber

7. A

t lea

st 5

00 M

oroc

cans

wer

e ki

lled.

’ (T

otal

s 81

9 ba

ttle

deat

hs, p

lus

an a

dditi

onal

600

Mor

occa

n K

IA a

nd W

IA.)

In

terp

reta

tio

n:

CO

W e

stim

ate

agre

es w

ith in

tens

ity o

f co

nflic

t des

crib

ed in

Clo

dfel

ter.

Est

imat

ed 1

,200

bat

tle d

eath

s.

Iran

vs.

Con

stit

uti

on

ali

sts,

23 J

un

e 1908–17 J

uly

1909 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 591)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Iran

-Sta

te D

eath

s:

1,00

0 R

ussi

a:

10

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

Unk

now

n

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For

back

grou

nd s

ee B

row

ne (

1966

, 249

–91)

. (E

ckha

rdt 1

996)

: Est

imat

es 1

,000

dea

d.

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

No

furt

her

battl

e de

aths

info

rmat

ion

foun

d. E

stim

ated

1,1

00 d

eath

s.

Mex

ico v

s. L

iber

als

& R

ad

icals

, 20 N

ovem

ber

19

10–15 J

uly

191

4 &

1 D

ecem

ber

1914–21 M

ay 1

920 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 592)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

250,

000

Tot

al D

eath

s:

Unk

now

n (C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

419

: ‘In

Apr

il 3,

000

of M

ader

o’s

arm

y le

d by

Vill

a an

d Pa

scua

l Oro

zco

surr

ound

ed th

e D

íaz

garr

ison

… A

truc

e w

as w

orke

d ou

t whi

ch

effe

ctiv

ely

left

the

city

in M

ader

o’s

hand

s. T

he r

evol

utio

nari

es h

ad s

uffe

red

as m

any

as 5

00 c

asua

lties

; the

gar

riso

n’s

loss

es w

ere

180

kille

d an

d 25

0 w

ound

ed. M

exic

o C

ity w

as c

onvu

lsed

by

anti-

Día

z de

mon

stra

tions

. The

se p

rote

sts

culm

inat

ed o

n M

ay 2

4 w

ith th

e fi

ring

of

mac

hine

gun

s m

ount

ed o

n th

e N

atio

nal P

alac

e’s

roof

top

and

balc

onie

s …

As

may

as

200

dem

onst

rato

rs w

ere

slai

n…’

P. 4

20: ‘

La

Dec

ena

Trá

gica

: 191

3. …

5,0

00 …

vic

tims

of th

e T

ragi

c T

en D

ays.

’ P.

422

: ‘T

he H

uert

a-C

arra

nza

civi

l war

, the

thir

d m

ajor

arm

ed c

onfl

ict o

f th

e re

volu

tion,

had

last

ed f

rom

Feb

ruar

y 19

13 to

Aug

ust 1

914

and

had

take

n at

leas

t 80,

000

lives

in b

attle

.’

P. 4

24: ‘

Incl

udin

g de

aths

fro

m d

isea

ses

and

fam

ine

spre

ad b

y th

e re

volu

tiona

ry tu

rmoi

l, as

man

y as

1 m

illio

n M

exic

ans

may

hav

e di

ed in

the

revo

lutio

n an

d its

aft

erm

ath.

’ (W

hite

200

4):

‘The

pop

ulat

ion

expl

osio

n of

the

20th

Cen

tury

is s

o pe

rvas

ive

that

pop

ulat

ions

hav

e co

ntin

ued

to c

limb

duri

ng m

ost [

conf

licts

]… h

owev

er, t

he

inte

nsity

of

the

Mex

ican

Rev

olut

ion

is s

uch

that

the

coun

ted

popu

latio

n of

Mex

ico

actu

ally

dec

lined

fro

m 1

5,16

0,36

9 in

191

0 to

14,

334,

780

in

1921

.’

Mos

t exp

erts

are

vag

ue o

n th

e nu

mbe

r de

ad d

ue to

the

war

. The

med

ian

estim

ate

in th

e da

ta W

hite

has

inve

stig

ated

is a

bout

1 m

illio

n de

aths

.

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Inte

rpre

tati

on:

Est

imat

ed 2

50,0

00 b

attle

dea

ths

(CO

W)

and

code

d 80

,000

of

them

in 1

913–

4, f

rom

Clo

dfel

ter.

The

fig

ure

of 2

50,0

00 b

attle

dea

ths

is

subs

tant

ially

sm

alle

r th

an th

e es

timat

es f

or w

ar-r

elat

ed d

eath

s, w

hich

is p

laus

ible

. M

oro

cco v

s. F

ez C

aid

s of

1911, 15 J

an

uary

–10 J

un

e 1911 (

CO

W W

ar

No

. 593)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Fran

ce:

15

0 M

oroc

co-S

tate

Dea

ths:

1,

500

Tot

al D

eath

s:

Unk

now

n Fo

r ba

ckgr

ound

info

rmat

ion

see

Bur

ke (

1976

, 140

–209

).

(E

ckha

rdt 1

996)

: Est

imat

es 2

,000

dea

d.

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

No

addi

tiona

l inf

orm

atio

n fo

und.

Est

imat

ed 1

,650

dea

ths.

P

ara

gu

ay v

s. L

iber

als

, 15 J

uly

1911–11 M

ay 1

912

(C

OW

War

No. 594)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

2,00

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

U

nkno

wn

(Eck

hard

t 199

6): E

stim

ates

2,0

00 d

ead.

In

terp

reta

tio

n:

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No

addi

tiona

l inf

orm

atio

n fo

und.

Est

imat

ed 2

,000

dea

ths.

C

hin

a v

s. R

epu

bli

can

s of

1911, 11 O

ctob

er–31

Dec

emb

er 1

911 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 59

5)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

1,00

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

U

nkno

wn

(Eck

hard

t 199

6):

Est

imat

es d

eath

s in

the

follo

win

g co

nflic

ts:

Rep

ublic

ans

v G

ovt.

(191

1): 1

,000

civ

ilian

s an

d 1,

000

com

bata

nts

kille

d

Rep

ublic

ans

v G

ovt.

(191

3): 5

,000

civ

ilian

s an

d 5,

000

com

bata

nts

kille

d B

andi

ts v

Gov

t. (1

913–

14):

5,0

00 c

ivili

ans

and

5,00

0 co

mba

tant

s ki

lled

Pai-

Lin

gs v

Gov

t. (1

914)

: 5,0

00 k

illed

In

terp

reta

tio

n:

In C

hina

’s in

tern

al w

ars,

Eck

hard

t has

est

imat

ed th

at th

e to

tal t

oll o

f ea

ch w

ar is

abo

ut tw

ice

that

rec

orde

d by

the

CO

W p

roje

ct. T

his

esti

mat

ion

proc

edur

e se

ems

quite

rou

gh, b

ut if

civ

ilian

and

‘no

n-st

ate’

dea

th f

igur

es h

ave

been

exc

lude

d fr

om th

e C

OW

num

bers

, the

tota

l num

ber

of b

attle

de

aths

sho

uld

be a

djus

ted

upw

ard.

L

ow e

stim

ate:

1,0

00 (

CO

W)

Hig

h es

timat

e: 2

,000

(E

ckha

rdt)

B

est e

stim

ate:

1,5

00 (

Mea

n)

Ch

ina v

s. R

epu

bli

can

s of

1913, 12 J

uly

–1

Sep

tem

ber

1913

(C

OW

War

No

. 597)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

5,00

0

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Tot

al D

eath

s:

Unk

now

n (E

ckha

rdt 1

996)

: E

stim

ates

dea

ths

in R

epub

lican

s v

Gov

t. (1

913)

: 5,0

00 c

ivili

ans

and

5,00

0 co

mba

tant

s ki

lled

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

Low

est

imat

e: 5

,000

(C

OW

) H

igh

estim

ate:

10,

000

(Eck

hard

t)

Bes

t est

imat

e: 7

,500

(M

ean)

C

hin

a v

s. P

ai-

Lin

gs,

15 M

arc

h–15

Sep

tem

ber

1914 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 5

98)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

5,00

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

U

nkno

wn

(Eck

hard

t 199

6):

Est

imat

es d

eath

s in

Pai

-Lin

gs v

Gov

t. (1

914)

: 5,0

00 k

illed

In

terp

reta

tio

n:

E

stim

ated

5,0

00 k

illed

R

uss

ia v

s. K

irgh

iz &

Ka

zab

les,

4 J

uly

1916–2

7 F

ebru

ary

1917 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 599

)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

3,00

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

10

3,00

0

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(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 3

91: ‘

Whe

n a

war

-pre

ssed

Rus

sia

viol

ated

the

long

ack

now

ledg

ed e

xem

ptio

n gr

antin

g th

e M

uslim

s pr

otec

tion

from

any

kin

d of

man

dato

ry

mili

tary

ser

vice

by

issu

ing

a ca

ll-up

for

500

,000

rea

r ar

ea la

bore

rs, t

he p

eopl

e of

Tur

kist

an r

eact

ed v

iole

ntly

. In

wid

espr

ead

atta

cks

they

kill

ed

2,32

5 R

ussi

an c

ivili

ans,

55

nativ

e bu

reau

crat

s, a

nd 2

4 R

ussi

an o

ffic

ials

. Ano

ther

1,3

84 R

ussi

an c

ivili

ans

wer

e re

port

ed m

issi

ng a

nd p

resu

med

de

ad. …

The

Rus

sian

arm

y w

as s

ent i

n an

d ea

sily

bro

ught

the

rebe

llion

und

er c

ontr

ol. …

at a

cos

t to

the

Rus

sian

s of

97

kille

d….T

he R

ussi

an

peas

ant s

ettle

rs in

Tur

kest

an, e

nrag

ed b

y th

e M

uslim

mur

ders

, the

n w

ent o

n th

e ra

mpa

ge. O

ffic

ial R

ussi

an f

igur

es li

st o

nly

958

Mus

lim d

eath

s in

th

e re

belli

on, p

lus

51 e

xecu

tions

. But

the

true

toll

of M

uslim

dea

d w

as a

t lea

st 5

,000

. Abo

ut 1

90,0

00 M

uslim

s w

ere

roun

ded

up a

nd in

carc

erat

ed

and

anot

her

300,

000

soug

ht r

efug

e in

Chi

na.’

(S

ugge

sts

8,88

5 to

tal d

eath

s, s

ome

of w

hich

mig

ht b

e co

nsid

ered

one

-sid

ed r

athe

r th

an b

attle

vio

lenc

e)

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

The

CO

W f

igur

e se

ems

to r

efle

ct d

eath

s fr

om w

ar-i

nduc

ed h

ards

hip

and

poss

ibly

als

o in

carc

erat

ions

. How

ever

, eve

n us

ing

the

info

rmat

ion

on

viol

ent d

eath

s pr

ovid

ed in

Clo

dfel

ter

is d

iffi

cult

beca

use

upri

sing

s ag

ains

t civ

ilian

s (f

irst

aga

inst

Rus

sian

civ

ilian

s, th

en a

gain

st M

uslim

s) c

ould

po

ssib

ly b

e co

nsid

ered

inte

r-co

mm

unal

or

one-

side

d vi

olen

ce r

athe

r th

an b

attle

dea

ths.

L

ow e

stim

ate:

Thi

s es

timat

e in

clud

es n

o ci

vilia

n fa

talit

ies.

Sum

of

55 b

urea

ucra

ts k

illed

in r

ebel

atta

cks,

24

Rus

sian

off

icia

ls k

illed

in r

ebel

at

tack

s, 9

7 R

ussi

an s

oldi

ers

kille

d in

sup

pres

sing

the

rebe

llion

, and

958

reb

el d

eath

s, in

terp

retin

g th

e of

fici

al f

igur

e as

bat

tle c

asua

lties

, whi

le

high

er e

stim

ates

incl

ude

anti-

Mus

lim m

assa

cres

. Tot

al lo

w e

stim

ate:

1,1

34 d

eath

s.

Hig

h es

timat

e: I

nclu

des

all c

ivili

an d

eath

s re

port

ed in

Clo

dfel

ter,

incl

udin

g R

ussi

ans

mis

sing

and

pre

sum

ed d

ead.

Tot

als

8,88

5 de

aths

. B

est e

stim

ate:

B

y su

mm

ing

2,32

5 R

ussi

ans

kille

d in

reb

el a

ttack

s, 5

5 bu

reau

crat

s ki

lled

in r

ebel

atta

cks,

24

Rus

sian

off

icia

ls k

illed

in r

ebel

atta

cks,

97

Rus

sian

so

ldie

rs k

illed

in s

uppr

essi

ng th

e re

belli

on, a

nd 9

58 r

ebel

dea

ths

one

obta

ins

an e

stim

ate

of 2

,989

bat

tle d

eath

s. T

his

is c

lose

to th

e C

OW

es

tim

ate

of 3

,000

sta

te d

eath

s in

this

con

flic

t. A

lthou

gh s

ome

port

ion

of th

e 2,

325

Rus

sian

civ

ilian

dea

ths

may

not

be

battl

e-re

late

d, th

e fi

gure

of

3,00

0 w

as u

sed

as a

rea

sona

ble

estim

ate

of b

attle

fat

aliti

es.

Ru

ssia

vs.

An

ti-B

ols

hev

iks,

9 D

ecem

ber

1917–18

Ma

rch

19

21 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 600)

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Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

Rus

sian

sta

te lo

sses

: 50

,000

Fi

nlan

d:

50

Fran

ce:

50

Japa

n:

1500

U

K:

350

USA

: 27

5 T

otal

Sta

te D

eath

s:

52,2

25

Tot

al D

eath

s:

800,

000

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 3

86: ‘

Off

icia

l Red

arm

y lo

sses

in th

e C

ivil

War

fro

m 1

918–

20 in

clud

ed 4

18,7

58 b

attle

dea

ths…

283,

079

dead

of

dise

ase

and

all o

ther

ca

uses

… T

he W

hite

for

ces

lost

an

esti

mat

ed 1

75,0

00 d

ead

in b

attle

and

150

,000

dea

d fr

om d

isea

se. T

he g

reat

est n

umbe

r of

dea

ths

cam

e fr

om

fam

ine,

dis

ease

, and

rep

risa

ls. C

haos

and

ana

rchy

kill

ed f

ar m

ore

Rus

sian

s th

an d

id f

orm

al c

omba

t. T

he s

ecur

ity p

olic

e of

bot

h si

des

– th

e no

tori

ous

Sovi

et C

heka

und

er F

elik

s D

zerh

insk

i in

part

icul

ar –

may

hav

e ki

lled

as m

any

as 1

mill

ion

Rus

sian

s th

roug

h ex

ecut

ion

or

impr

ison

men

t. A

noth

er h

alf

a m

illio

n R

ussi

ans

died

in th

e lo

ng S

iber

ian

retr

eat o

f 19

19–2

0. …

All

told

, as

man

y as

9 m

illio

n R

ussi

ans

may

hav

e di

ed a

s a

resu

lt of

the

turm

oil a

nd u

phea

val o

f th

e R

ussi

an C

ivil

War

.’

(Whi

te 2

004)

: Cite

s co

mba

t dea

ths

estim

ates

of

800,

000

mili

tary

dea

ths;

825

,000

com

bat d

eath

s; 6

32,0

00 R

ed A

rmy

KIA

and

1,2

90,0

00 W

hite

A

rmy

dead

fro

m a

ll ca

uses

; 1,4

10,0

00 b

attle

dea

ths

incl

udin

g 50

0,00

0 ci

vilia

ns; a

nd 2

mill

ion

tota

l com

bat d

eath

s. F

igur

es f

or to

tal d

eath

s du

e to

w

ar r

ange

fro

m 3

mill

ion

to 1

0 m

illio

n In

terp

reta

tio

n:

Sour

ces

estim

ates

: R

ed A

rmy

battl

e de

ad: e

stim

ated

bet

wee

n 41

8,75

8–63

2,00

0 W

hite

Arm

y ba

ttle

dead

: 175

,000

up

to 1

.3 m

illio

n of

bat

tle a

nd d

isea

se

Est

imat

es o

f al

l com

bat d

eath

s: 3

00,0

00 to

825

,000

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Low

est

imat

e: 5

93,7

58 (

Arm

ies’

loss

es f

rom

Clo

dfel

ter,

sum

med

) H

igh

estim

ate:

1,0

93,7

58 (

Arm

ies’

loss

es f

rom

Clo

dfel

ter,

plu

s es

timat

e of

500

,000

civ

ilian

s K

IA f

rom

Whi

te)

Bes

t est

imat

e: 8

25,0

00 (

med

ian

figu

re f

rom

Whi

te; s

imila

r to

CO

W e

stim

ate)

T

he p

artic

ipan

t file

use

s th

e C

OW

fig

ures

and

cha

nges

onl

y th

e R

ussi

an d

ata,

whi

ch n

ow in

clud

es e

stim

ates

of

all R

ussi

ans

kille

d.

Ch

ina v

s. Y

un

nan

Reb

els,

1917–19

18 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 6

02)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

1,00

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

U

nkno

wn

(Eck

hard

t 199

6): E

stim

ates

1,0

00 d

ead

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

No

addi

tiona

l inf

orm

atio

n fo

und.

1,0

00 d

eath

s co

ded.

F

inla

nd

vs.

Com

mu

nis

ts, 2

8 J

an

uary

1918–30 A

pri

l 19

18 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 603)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

20,0

00

Tot

al D

eath

s:

Unk

now

n (C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

386

: ‘T

otal

Red

Gua

rd a

nd R

ussi

an B

olsh

evik

loss

es in

clud

ed 5

,500

kill

ed in

bat

tle …

A to

tal o

f 8,

380

Red

s w

ere

exec

uted

by

the

Whi

tes

eith

er d

urin

g th

e w

ar o

r in

the

Whi

te T

erro

r fo

llow

ing

the

Whi

te v

icto

ry. T

he W

hite

Gua

rds

adm

itted

to o

nly

3,53

7 ca

sual

ties

duri

ng th

e ci

vil

war

, inc

ludi

ng 4

67 P

OW

s, b

ut a

mor

e ac

cura

te e

stim

ate

of th

eir

loss

es in

clud

ed 5

,300

bat

tle d

eath

s an

d 7,

300

wou

nded

. Ger

man

cas

ualti

es

tota

led

950.

’ (1

1,75

0 ba

ttle

dead

.)

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(Lib

rary

of

Con

gres

s Fe

dera

l Res

earc

h D

ivis

ion

1989

):

Est

imat

es:

Red

Ter

ror:

1,6

49 k

illed

(m

ostly

mid

dle

clas

s)

Whi

te T

erro

r: 8

,380

Red

s ki

lled

+ 12

,000

dea

d in

cam

ps.

Tot

al: 3

0,00

0 ki

lled,

less

than

one

-fou

rth

(7,5

00)

in b

attle

In

terp

reta

tio

n:

Low

est

imat

e: 7

,500

H

igh

estim

ate:

20,

000

(CO

W)

Bes

t est

imat

e: 1

1,75

0 (C

lodf

elte

r’s

figu

res

are

the

mos

t pre

cise

ava

ilabl

e)

Hu

ngary

vs.

An

ti-C

om

mu

nis

ts, 25 M

arc

h 1

91

9–15 F

ebru

ary

1920 (

CO

W W

ar

No.

604)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

4,00

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

U

nkno

wn

(Eck

hard

t 199

6): E

stim

ates

4,0

00 d

eath

s (O

nWar

.com

199

9): E

stim

ate

590

exec

utio

ns d

urin

g th

e R

ed T

erro

r, a

bout

5,0

00 d

urin

g th

e W

hite

Ter

ror

(C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

387

: ‘T

he R

eds

had

exec

uted

342

peo

ple

whi

le th

ey h

eld

pow

er; t

he c

ount

er-r

evol

utio

nari

es f

orm

ally

exe

cute

d 32

9 R

eds

and

sym

path

izer

s an

d m

urde

red

1,20

0 m

ore

afte

r th

e fl

ight

of

Bel

a K

un.’

In

terp

reta

tio

n:

No

addi

tiona

l est

imat

es o

f ba

ttle

deat

hs f

ound

. Est

imat

ed 4

,000

dea

ths.

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US

SR

vs.

Pea

san

ts i

n T

a, A

ugu

st 1

920–A

ugu

st 1

921 (

CO

W W

ar

No

. 605)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

6,70

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

U

nkno

wn

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 3

88: ‘

Abo

ut 5

,000

pea

sant

s w

ere

kille

d in

bat

tle …

Sov

iet m

ilita

ry lo

sses

are

unk

now

n, b

ut a

t lea

st 1

,000

mem

bers

of

the

Com

mun

ist P

arty

an

d ot

her

civi

lians

loya

l to

Mos

cow

wer

e ki

lled

in T

ambo

v Pr

ovin

ce a

nd n

earl

y an

othe

r 70

0 sl

ain

in n

eigh

bori

ng V

oron

ezh.

’ In

terp

reta

tio

n: N

o fu

rthe

r in

form

atio

n fo

und.

Est

imat

ed 6

,700

dea

ths.

M

exic

o v

s. H

uer

ta L

ed R

ebel

s, 4

Dec

emb

er 1

923–F

ebru

ary

1924 (

CO

W W

ar

No.

607)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

7,00

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

U

nkno

wn

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 4

26: ‘

Abo

ut 7

,000

Mex

ican

s di

ed in

the

rebe

llion

.’

(Whi

te 2

004)

: Est

imat

es 7

,000

dea

d.

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

E

stim

ated

7,0

00 d

eath

s.

Bu

lgari

a v

s. A

gra

ria

n L

eagu

e, 2

3–

28 S

epte

mb

er 1

923

(C

OW

War

No. 608)

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Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

3,00

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

U

nkno

wn

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 3

89: ‘

In S

epte

mbe

r 19

23 a

rmed

upr

isin

gs b

y th

e A

grar

ian

Lea

gue

and

the

Com

mun

ists

, with

sup

port

fro

m Y

ugos

lavi

a, b

roke

out

in s

ever

al

part

s of

Bul

gari

a. T

hey

wer

e su

ppre

ssed

with

gre

at s

ever

ity; s

ever

al th

ousa

nd p

eopl

e, m

ostly

pea

sant

s, w

ere

slai

n.’

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

‘Sev

eral

’ th

ousa

nd c

an b

e in

terp

rete

d as

at l

east

3,0

00. N

o ad

ditio

nal i

nfor

mat

ion

foun

d. E

stim

ated

3,0

00 to

tal d

eath

s.

Hon

du

ras

vs.

Con

serv

ati

ves

, 9 F

ebru

ary

–31

Ma

rch

19

24 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 609)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

1,00

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

U

nkno

wn

(Eck

hard

t 199

6): E

stim

ates

1,0

00 d

eath

s In

terp

reta

tio

n:

No

addi

tiona

l inf

orm

atio

n fo

und.

1,0

00 d

eath

s es

timat

ed.

Afg

han

ista

n v

s. A

nti

-Ref

orm

ists

of

1924, 15 M

arc

h 1

92

4–1

5 J

an

uary

1925 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 610)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

1,50

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

U

nkno

wn

(Eck

hard

t 199

6): E

stim

ates

1,0

00 m

ilita

ry a

nd 1

,000

civ

ilian

dea

d.

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(Ada

mec

199

6):

P. 1

47: ‘

A r

ebel

lion

led

by th

e M

anga

l tri

be th

at s

erio

usly

thre

aten

ed th

e ru

le o

f K

ind

Am

anul

lah.

The

rev

olt s

tart

ed in

Mar

ch 1

924

in r

espo

nse

to th

e ki

ng’s

ref

orm

s.’

P. 1

48: 5

5 re

bels

exe

cute

d af

ter

the

war

, 2,0

00 p

riso

ners

take

n.

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

No

addi

tiona

l inf

orm

atio

n fo

und.

Est

imat

ed 1

,500

dea

ths,

fro

m C

OW

. C

hin

a v

s. K

uom

inta

ng, 1 J

uly

1926–30 J

un

e 1928 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 61

2)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Chi

nese

Sta

te D

eath

s:

10,0

00

Japa

n:

500

Tot

al D

eath

s:

Unk

now

n (E

ckha

rdt 1

996)

: Est

imat

es 1

0,00

0 de

ad.

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 4

06–4

07: ‘

…th

e C

hine

se C

omm

unis

ts a

ttem

pted

an

upri

sing

in th

e ci

ty o

f in

the

city

of

Nan

ch’a

ng o

n A

ugus

t 1, 1

927.

Led

by

Yeh

T’i

ng, C

hu

Teh

, and

Ho

Lun

g, th

e 20

,000

Com

mun

ists

infl

icte

d 80

0 ca

sual

ties…

then

wer

e fo

rced

to e

vacu

ate

on A

ugus

t 8. …

A s

econ

d up

risi

ng w

as

atte

mpt

ed o

n Se

ptem

ber

8. …

2,00

0 C

omm

unis

ts …

[w

ere]

for

ced

to r

etre

at w

ith 1

,200

sur

vivo

rs …

In

Dec

embe

r Y

eh T

’ing

cal

led

on th

e pr

olet

aria

t of

Can

ton

to r

ise

in r

evol

utio

n. …

took

a m

inim

um o

f 4,

000

to 5

,000

live

s, w

ith s

ome

auth

oriti

es p

laci

ng th

e to

ll at

clo

ser

to 8

,000

, or

even

as

man

y as

15,

000.

’ In

terp

reta

tio

n:

Clo

dfel

ter’

s ba

ttle

info

rmat

ion

supp

orts

a f

igur

e in

the

rang

e of

CO

W’s

est

imat

e. E

stim

ated

10,

500

KIA

. M

exic

o v

s. C

rist

eros,

31 A

ugu

st 1

92

6–15 J

un

e 1930 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 613)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

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Stat

e D

eath

s:

10,0

00

Tot

al D

eath

s:

Unk

now

n (C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

427

: ‘T

he th

ree-

year

gue

rilla

war

had

cos

t the

live

s of

45,

000

to 6

0,00

0 Fe

dera

l sol

dier

s an

d su

ppor

ters

, inc

ludi

ng 1

2 ge

nera

ls, 7

0 co

lone

ls,

and

1,80

0 ot

her

offi

cers

. The

Cri

ster

os c

ount

ed 2

5,00

0 to

40,

000

dead

.’

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

Low

est

imat

e: 1

0,00

0 (C

OW

) H

igh

estim

ate:

70,

000

(fro

m C

lodf

elte

r)

Bes

t est

imat

e: 4

0,00

0 (m

ean)

A

fgh

an

ista

n v

s. A

nti

-Ref

orm

ists

of

1928, 10 N

ovem

ber

1928–15 O

ctob

er 1

929 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 6

14)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

7,50

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

U

nkno

wn

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 3

93: ‘

Cas

ualti

es in

the

civi

l war

wer

e he

avy;

at l

east

15,

000

of H

abib

ulla

h’s

follo

wer

s w

ere

kille

d an

d po

ssib

ly a

s m

any

loya

lists

die

d as

w

ell.’

In

terp

reta

tio

n:

Low

est

imat

e: 7

,500

(C

OW

) H

igh

estim

ate:

30,

000

(fro

m C

lodf

elte

r)

Bes

t est

imat

e: 1

8,75

0 (m

ean)

C

hin

a v

s. M

usl

ims

of

1928, 1928 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 6

15)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

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Stat

e D

eath

s:

200,

000

Tot

al D

eath

s:

Unk

now

n (E

ckha

rdt 1

996)

: Est

imat

es 2

00,0

00 d

ead.

In

terp

reta

tio

n:

No

addi

tiona

l inf

orm

atio

n w

as u

ncov

ered

dis

tingu

ishi

ng th

is w

ar f

rom

sim

ulta

neou

s vi

olen

ce r

elat

ed to

ana

rchy

and

war

lord

ism

in C

hina

. L

ow e

stim

ate:

1,0

00

Hig

h an

d be

st e

stim

ate:

200

,000

M

exic

o v

s. E

scob

an

Led

Reb

els,

3 M

arc

h–4 M

ay 1

929

(C

OW

War

No. 617)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

2,00

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

U

nkno

wn

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 4

28: ‘

By

May

4 th

e 35

,000

Fed

eral

troo

ps in

the

fiel

d ha

d cr

ushe

d th

e re

belli

on. T

otal

fat

aliti

es w

ere

abou

t 2,0

00.’

In

terp

reta

tio

n:

E

stim

ated

2,0

00 d

eath

s.

Sau

di

Ara

bia

vs.

Ik

hw

an

, 3

0 M

arc

h 1

929–10 J

an

uary

1930 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 618)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

1,00

0

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Tot

al D

eath

s:

Unk

now

n (C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

392

: ‘A

t lea

st 1

,000

reb

els

fell…

half

of

the

falle

n w

ere

slai

n. I

bn S

aud’

s ar

my

lost

200

kill

ed a

nd 2

00 w

ound

ed.’

In

terp

reta

tio

n:

Low

est

imat

e: 7

00 (

from

Clo

dfel

ter)

H

igh

estim

ate:

1,0

00 (

CO

W)

Bes

t est

imat

e: 8

50 (

mea

n)

Ch

ina v

s. W

ar

Lo

rds,

1 M

arc

h 1

929–13 O

ctob

er 1

930 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 61

9)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

75,0

00

Tot

al D

eath

s:

Unk

now

n (E

ckha

rdt 1

996)

: Est

imat

es 7

5,00

0 de

aths

. In

terp

reta

tio

n:

No

addi

tiona

l inf

orm

atio

n w

as u

ncov

ered

dis

tingu

ishi

ng th

is w

ar f

rom

sim

ulta

neou

s vi

olen

ce r

elat

ed to

ana

rchy

and

war

lord

ism

in C

hina

. E

stim

ated

75,

000

dead

. C

hin

a v

s. C

om

mu

nis

ts o

f 1930,

15 N

ovem

ber

1930

–15 O

cto

ber

1935 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 620)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

200,

000

Tot

al D

eath

s:

Unk

now

n

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(Eck

hard

t 199

6): E

stim

ates

in a

con

flic

t cal

led

‘Com

mun

ists

vs.

Gov

t. (1

930–

35)’

that

ther

e w

ere

500,

000

dead

(W

hite

200

4): T

otal

dea

ths

in th

e co

nflic

t hav

e be

en e

stim

ated

at 1

,275

,000

, with

mor

e th

an o

ne m

illio

n de

ad in

193

3-4

alon

e (C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

407

: ‘T

he F

irst

Ext

erm

inat

ion

Cam

paig

n co

mm

ence

d in

Oct

ober

193

0. …

By

the

end

of J

anua

ry 1

931

the

Nat

iona

list c

ampa

ign

had

ende

d in

fa

ilure

. Chu

Teh

’s lo

sses

wer

e no

mor

e th

an 3

,000

kill

ed o

r w

ound

ed. …

The

sec

ond

cam

paig

n ki

cked

off

in M

ay 1

931.

… N

atio

nalis

t cas

ualti

es

wer

e ab

out 2

0,00

0… [

Com

mun

ist]

loss

es w

ere

abou

t 4,0

00. …

Thi

rd E

xter

min

atio

n C

ampa

ign,

laun

ched

in J

uly

1931

. …ha

d in

flic

ted

10,0

00

casu

altie

s on

the

Mar

xist

ene

my

whe

n th

ey h

ad to

cal

l a h

alt t

o th

e ca

mpa

ign

beca

use

of th

e Se

ptem

ber

1931

Muk

den

Inci

dent

with

the

Japa

nese

Aft

er h

ostil

ities

with

Jap

an e

nded

tem

pora

rily

in M

anch

uria

and

Sha

ngha

i in

June

193

2, C

hian

g w

as a

ble

to b

egin

the

Four

th E

xter

min

atio

n C

ampa

ign.

’ P.

408

: ‘B

y th

e su

mm

er o

f 19

34 f

our

grea

t bel

ts o

f cl

eare

d an

d fo

rtif

ied

terr

itory

, eac

h m

iles

apar

t, w

ere

fash

ioni

ng a

n ev

er ti

ghte

ning

noo

se

arou

nd th

e K

iang

si a

nd O

yuw

an S

ovie

ts. C

hu T

eh h

ad lo

st 6

0,00

0 ki

lled

or w

ound

ed; H

su th

e Ir

onsi

de e

ven

mor

e. A

t lea

st 1

mill

ion

peas

ants

re

sidi

ng in

the

battl

e zo

nes

had

died

. With

imm

inen

t des

truc

tion

faci

ng th

em, t

he C

hine

se C

omm

unis

t hie

rarc

hy d

ecid

ed to

eva

cuat

e th

e so

viet

s an

d un

dert

ake

the

hist

oric

Lon

g M

arch

… c

ost t

he C

omm

unis

ts a

t lea

st 1

00,0

00 c

asua

lties

. … O

ne e

stim

ate

of th

e to

tal b

attle

dea

ths

from

D

ecem

ber

1927

to D

ecem

ber

1936

is 1

,275

,000

; the

low

est

imat

e is

400

,000

.’

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

Low

est

imat

e: 2

00,0

00 (

CO

W)

Hig

h an

d B

est e

stim

ate:

500

,000

dea

ths

(Eck

hard

t; ag

rees

with

Clo

dfel

ter’

s su

gges

tion

that

400

,000

is a

min

imum

fig

ure

for

this

con

flic

t)

Tre

nd: 1

931

and

1932

hav

e on

ly o

ne-h

alf

the

num

ber

of b

attle

dea

ths

of s

urro

undi

ng y

ears

bec

ause

of

the

inte

rrup

tion

in f

ight

ing

due

to th

e w

ar

with

Jap

an.

Ru

ssia

vs.

Cen

tra

l A

sian

Reb

els,

1931–3

4 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 622)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

1,00

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

20

,000

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Inte

rpre

tati

on:

No

addi

tiona

l inf

orm

atio

n w

as f

ound

on

this

con

flic

t, w

hich

was

not

incl

uded

in A

Res

ort

to A

rms

(Sm

all a

nd S

inge

r 19

82).

The

ver

y lo

psid

ed

ratio

bet

wee

n st

ate

loss

es a

nd to

tal d

eath

s su

gges

ts a

gre

at d

eal o

f on

e-si

ded

viol

ence

or

war

-rel

ated

dea

ths.

L

ow e

stim

ate:

1,0

00 (

min

imum

) H

igh

and

best

est

imat

e: 2

0,00

0 (F

rom

CO

W; n

o ad

ditio

nal i

nfor

mat

ion)

E

l S

alv

ad

or

vs.

Lef

tist

s, 2

2–25 J

an

uary

193

2 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 623)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

8,00

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

32

,000

(W

hite

200

4): S

umm

ary

exec

utio

ns h

ave

been

est

imat

ed a

t 10,

000

and

tota

l dea

ths

in th

e co

nflic

t as

high

as

32,0

00 k

illed

(C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

428

: ‘O

n th

e ni

ght o

f Ja

nuar

y 22

, 193

2, a

bout

16,

000

Salv

ador

an c

ampe

sino

s …

ros

e in

reb

ellio

n… T

he d

icta

tor’

s ar

my

and

polic

e co

rps

then

ca

rrie

d ou

t a s

erie

s of

rep

risa

ls c

alle

d th

e M

atan

za, i

n w

hich

thou

sand

s of

cam

pesi

nos

wer

e su

mm

arily

exe

cute

d. A

t lea

st 1

0,00

0 pe

ople

wer

e sl

ain

(som

e so

urce

s go

as

high

as

25,0

00),

90%

of

them

in th

e M

atan

za th

at f

ollo

wed

the

figh

ting.

On

the

gove

rnm

ent s

ide

40 s

oldi

ers,

30

para

mili

tary

pol

icem

en, a

nd 3

0 lo

cal c

ops

or c

ivili

an s

uppo

rter

s of

the

dict

ator

ship

wer

e ki

lled

by th

e re

bels

.’

(Rec

ords

100

sta

te d

eath

s, a

nd e

stim

ates

1,0

00–2

,500

pea

sant

s K

IA, c

alcu

late

d ba

sed

on 1

0% o

f th

e to

tal t

oll)

In

terp

reta

tio

n:

Low

est

imat

e: 1

,100

(Fr

om C

lodf

elte

r)

Hig

h es

timat

e: 8

,000

(C

OW

’s f

igur

e fo

r st

ate

deat

hs, i

nter

pret

ed h

ere

as a

fig

ure

for

battl

e de

aths

) L

ow e

stim

ate:

1,1

00 (

From

Clo

dfel

ter)

B

est e

stim

ate:

2,6

00 (

From

Clo

dfel

ter)

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Per

u v

s. A

pri

sta R

ebel

s, 7

–17 J

uly

1932 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 624)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

2,00

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

U

nkno

wn

(Whi

te 2

004)

: Cite

s es

timat

es o

f 50

loya

lists

exe

cute

d by

reb

els,

and

1–6

,000

reb

els

exec

uted

by

loya

lists

. (C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

431

: ‘A

t lea

st 1

,000

and

pos

sibl

y as

man

y as

2,0

00 li

ves

wer

e lo

st in

the

rebe

llion

. Sev

eral

hun

dred

mili

tant

s ha

d be

en h

erde

d in

to th

e ru

ins

of

the

anci

ent I

ndia

n fo

rtre

ss o

f C

han

Cha

n an

d sh

ot to

dea

th.’

In

terp

reta

tio

n:

Low

est

imat

e: 1

,000

(C

lodf

elte

r)

Hig

h es

timat

e: 2

,000

(C

lodf

elte

r &

CO

W)

Bes

t est

imat

e: 1

,500

(m

ean)

B

razi

l vs.

Paoli

sts,

9 J

un

e–31 A

ugu

st 1

932 (

CO

W W

ar

No.

625)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

1,00

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

U

nkno

wn

For

back

grou

nd s

ee B

ello

(19

66: 2

90–2

91).

(C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

431

: ‘A

fter

tota

l cas

ualti

es o

n bo

th s

ides

rea

ched

the

15,0

00 m

ark,

the

Paul

ista

s re

aliz

ed th

e fu

tility

of

furt

her

resi

stan

ce a

nd g

ave

up in

ear

ly

Oct

ober

.’

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

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Low

est

imat

e: 1

,000

(Fr

om C

OW

) H

igh

estim

ate:

5,0

00 (

One

-thi

rd o

f to

tal c

asua

lties

in C

lodf

elte

r)

Bes

t est

imat

e: 3

,000

(M

ean)

A

ust

ria v

s. S

oci

ali

sts,

12 F

ebru

ary

–30 J

uly

1934 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 627

)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

1,00

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

2,

000

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 3

72: ‘

The

Hei

mw

ehr

lost

115

kill

ed, 3

19 w

ound

ed. S

chut

zbun

d an

d no

ncom

bata

nt c

asua

lties

wer

e 19

6 ki

lled

and

486

inju

red.

’ In

terp

reta

tio

n:

Clo

dfel

ter’

s in

form

atio

n is

qui

te s

peci

fic,

and

it h

as b

een

used

as

the

pref

erre

d so

urce

, the

refo

re.

Low

and

bes

t est

imat

e: 3

11 K

IA.

Hig

h es

timat

e: 2

,000

KIA

(C

OW

) S

pain

vs.

Ast

uri

an

Min

ers,

4–8 O

ctob

er 1

934 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 6

28)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

1,30

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

U

nkno

wn

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 3

72: ‘

The

toll

of th

e re

belli

on w

as 1

,335

kill

ed a

nd 2

,951

wou

nded

. Of

the

dead

, onl

y 28

4 w

ere

lost

on

the

gove

rnm

ent s

ide…

’ (K

ohn

1986

):

P. 3

5: ‘

The

min

ers

had

burn

ed c

hurc

hes

and

kille

d ab

out 4

0 pe

rson

s, in

clud

ing

29 p

ries

ts. T

he g

over

nmen

t tro

ops

kille

d an

est

imat

ed 3

,000

and

to

ok a

bout

35,

000

pris

oner

s…’

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Inte

rpre

tati

on:

Clo

dfel

ter

and

CO

W c

orre

spon

d on

this

con

flic

t. E

stim

ate

1,33

5 de

aths

. S

pain

vs.

Fa

scis

ts, 18

Ju

ly 1

936–29

Ma

rch

193

9 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 629)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Ger

man

y:

300

Ital

y:

4,00

0 Po

rtug

al:

2,

000

Span

ish

Stat

e D

eath

s:

650,

000

Tot

al D

eath

s:

Unk

now

n (D

upuy

and

Dup

uy 1

986)

: P.

103

2–3:

‘T

he w

ar h

ad c

ost a

bout

700

,000

live

s in

bat

tle, 3

0,00

0 m

ore

exec

uted

or

assa

ssin

ated

, and

ano

ther

15,

000

kille

d in

air

rai

ds.’

(W

hite

200

4):

Prov

ides

an

acco

unt o

f R

amon

Sal

as L

arra

za’s

Perd

idas

de

la g

uer

ra (

1977

) B

attle

dea

ths:

R

epub

lican

s K

IA:

60

,500

N

atio

nalis

ts K

IA:

59

,500

Fo

reig

n so

ldie

rs, b

oth

side

s:

25,5

00

Civ

ilian

s:

15,0

00

Exe

cutio

ns:

By

Rep

ublic

ans:

72,3

44

By

Nat

iona

lists

:

35,0

21

Dis

ease

:

1

65,0

00

TO

TA

L:

268

,500

dea

ths

by v

iole

nce

(add

ing

dise

ase:

433

,500

)

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(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 3

78–3

79: D

escr

ibes

the

battl

e fo

r B

arce

lona

in D

ecem

ber

1938

–Jan

uary

193

9, a

nd th

e ba

ttle

for

Mad

rid.

Rel

ativ

ely

few

bat

tle d

eath

s—ra

pid

capi

tula

tion

afte

r th

is p

oint

P.

379

: ‘G

erm

an c

omba

t fat

aliti

es n

umbe

red

abou

t 300

. … M

usso

lini’

s re

port

ed lo

sses

wer

e 3,

819

dead

, inc

ludi

ng 2

77 w

ho d

ied

of s

ickn

ess

or

in a

ccid

ents

…M

any

sour

ces

agre

e on

hig

her

figu

res,

incl

udin

g ab

out 6

,000

Ita

lians

kill

ed o

r di

ed o

f di

seas

e.’

P. 3

80: ‘

Port

ugal

. …lo

st a

s m

any

as 8

,000

kill

ed o

r de

ad o

f di

seas

e… S

ovie

t fat

aliti

es (

for

the

Rep

ublic

) to

tale

d 15

8. M

ost o

f th

e fo

reig

ners

who

fo

ught

for

the

Rep

ublic

wer

e id

ealis

ts r

ecru

ited

by th

e C

omin

tern

for

the

Inte

rnat

iona

l Bri

gade

s. …

The

num

ber

of th

ose

volu

ntee

rs w

ho d

ied

for

thei

r id

ealis

m is

ope

n to

dis

pute

, but

the

tota

l was

pro

babl

y no

t too

far

sho

rt o

f 15

,000

, if

not h

ighe

r. T

he to

ll of

the

war

for

Spa

in h

as o

ften

sai

d to

hav

e to

tale

d 1

mill

ion

lives

lost

out

of

a po

pula

tion

of 2

5 m

illio

n. B

ut th

is f

igur

e w

ould

onl

y be

acc

urat

e if

the

400,

000

exile

s w

ho f

led

into

Fr

ance

are

incl

uded

… G

abri

el J

acks

on’s

res

earc

h…pu

ts b

attle

dea

ths

at o

nly

100,

000

… [

but]

thes

e fi

gure

s se

em f

ar to

o lo

w.’

P.

381

: ‘T

o th

e 33

0,00

0 Sp

ania

rds

who

die

d vi

olen

t dea

ths

in th

e Sp

anis

h C

ivil

War

, Jac

kson

add

s 50

,000

dea

ths

from

sta

rvat

ion

and

200,

000

Rep

ublic

an d

eath

s be

fore

fir

ing

squa

ds o

r in

con

cent

ratio

n ca

mps

…to

mak

e a

gran

d to

tal o

f 58

0,00

0 …

Hug

h T

hom

as…

lists

civ

ilian

bat

tle

deat

hs a

t 25,

000.

..Tho

mas

add

s an

othe

r 20

0,00

0 w

ho d

ied

of d

isea

se a

nd s

tarv

atio

n…In

his

rev

ised

edi

tion

of T

he

Span

ish C

ivil

War,

Tho

mas

lo

wer

ed h

is e

stim

ates

of

battl

efie

ld d

eath

s to

110

,000

for

the

Rep

ublic

ans,

90,

000

for

the

Nat

iona

lists

…’

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

Hig

h es

timat

e: 3

20,0

00 (

Jack

son)

L

ow e

stim

ate:

160

,500

(L

arra

za)

Bes

t est

imat

e: 2

25,0

00 (

Tho

mas

, upd

ated

fig

ures

) T

he d

ata

was

tren

ded

base

d on

bat

tle in

form

atio

n in

Clo

dfel

ter.

In

the

part

icip

ant f

ile, C

OW

’s f

igur

es w

ere

reta

ined

, oth

er th

an S

pani

sh lo

sses

.

Co

lum

bia

vs.

Con

serv

ati

ves

, 9 A

pri

l 1948–12

Ap

ril

1949 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 638)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

1,40

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

U

nkno

wn

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

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P. 7

15: ‘

On

Apr

il 9,

194

8…th

e po

pulis

t Lib

eral

lead

er o

f th

e C

olom

bian

mas

ses…

was

ass

assi

nate

d. A

gre

at o

utbr

eak

of r

iotin

g, a

rson

, and

lo

otin

g fo

llow

ed—

know

n to

his

tory

as

the

Bog

otaz

o. B

y A

pril

12 …

as

man

y as

2,5

85 p

eopl

e w

ere

dead

(th

e lo

wes

t est

imat

e of

rio

t dea

ths

was

54

9).’

In

terp

reta

tio

n:

Thi

s co

nflic

t is

not i

nclu

ded

in th

e U

ppsa

la/P

RIO

dat

a be

caus

e of

an

uncl

ear

leve

l of

orga

niza

tion,

and

man

y of

thes

e de

aths

wou

ld b

e co

nsid

ered

intr

a-co

mm

unal

or

one-

side

d vi

olen

ce if

they

had

occ

urre

d in

the

cont

ext o

f ot

her

war

s.

Low

and

bes

t est

imat

e: 5

49 (

Clo

dfel

ter’

s lo

wes

t fig

ure)

H

igh

estim

ate:

1,4

00 (

CO

W)

Co

lum

bia

vs.

Lib

erals

of

1949, 15 S

epte

mb

er 1

949–31 D

ecem

ber

19

62 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 640)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

300,

000

Tot

al D

eath

s:

Unk

now

n (W

hite

200

4): E

stim

ates

200

,000

–300

,000

dea

d.

(Koh

n 19

86):

P.

116

: Col

umbi

a w

as th

row

n in

to a

con

stan

t sta

te o

f in

surr

ectio

n an

d cr

imin

ality

fro

m 1

948

to 1

958

(cal

led

‘La

Vio

lenc

ia’)

, a p

erio

d du

ring

w

hich

mor

e th

an 2

00,0

00 p

erso

ns lo

st th

eir

lives

…’

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 7

15: ‘

One

aut

hori

ty li

sted

fat

al c

asua

lties

as

134,

820—

85,1

44 p

easa

nts,

39,

856

othe

r ci

vilia

ns (

incl

udin

g m

embe

rs o

f th

e ri

val c

onse

rvat

ive

and

liber

al a

rmed

gan

gs),

6,2

00 C

olom

bian

mili

tary

ser

vice

men

, and

3,6

20 p

olic

emen

and

gov

ernm

ent o

ffic

ials

. Inc

ludi

ng th

ose

who

die

d fr

om

thei

r w

ound

s an

d di

sapp

eare

d fo

reve

r, th

e sa

me

sour

ce c

alcu

late

s 18

0,00

0 to

tal d

eath

s th

roug

h 19

58 a

nd a

noth

er 2

0,00

0 fa

talit

ies

in th

e pe

riod

of

dim

inis

hed

but s

till c

onsi

dera

ble

viol

ence

thro

ugh

1962

.’

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

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Est

imat

ed 1

34,8

20 k

illed

, bas

ed o

n C

lodf

elte

r’s

rela

tivel

y sp

ecif

ic d

ata.

‘D

isap

pear

ed’

pers

ons

wer

e no

t con

side

red

battl

e de

aths

. Fol

low

ing

Clo

dfel

ter,

nin

e-te

nths

of

thes

e de

aths

wer

e co

ded

from

194

9–58

, and

one

-ten

th in

the

rem

aini

ng y

ears

. A

lger

ia v

s. F

orm

er R

ebel

Lea

der

s, 2

8 J

uly

1962–15 J

an

uary

1963 (

CO

W W

ar

No

. 659)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

1,50

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

U

nkno

wn

(Har

ff a

nd G

urr

1988

):

Tab

le o

f G

enoc

ides

and

Pol

itici

des

sinc

e W

WII

. Cou

ntry

: Alg

eria

, Jul

y–D

ec 1

962,

vic

timiz

ed g

roup

s: H

arki

s, O

AS

supp

orte

rs, n

umbe

r of

vi

ctim

s: 1

2,00

0–60

,000

. (C

layt

on 1

988)

: P.

188

–189

: ‘Fr

ench

est

imat

es s

ugge

st a

fur

ther

50,

000

indi

geno

us d

isap

pear

ed b

etw

een

Mar

ch 1

961

and

Mar

ch 1

962,

with

the

likel

ihoo

d of

re

veng

e ki

lling

s of

indi

geno

us a

fter

the

Mar

ch c

ease

-fir

e to

talin

g at

leas

t 151

,000

, alm

ost c

erta

inly

mor

e.’

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 6

10: ‘

Post

war

feu

ding

bet

wee

n op

posi

ng f

actio

ns o

f th

e FL

N, m

ostly

pitt

ing

the

‘int

erio

r’ f

orce

s…ag

ains

t the

‘ex

teri

or’

forc

es…

cost

up

to

150,

000

lives

. Ano

ther

30,

000

Alg

eria

ns, f

rom

the

200,

000

hark

is w

ho s

erve

d w

ith th

e Fr

ench

dur

ing

the

war

, wer

e m

assa

cred

by

the

rebe

l vi

ctor

s.’

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

Est

imat

ed 1

50,0

00 d

eath

s fr

om C

lodf

elte

r, C

layt

on. T

hese

dea

ths

are

cons

ider

ed o

ne-s

ided

vio

lenc

e in

the

Upp

sala

/PR

IO d

atas

et.

Rw

an

da v

s. W

atu

si, 15

Novem

ber

1963–

6 F

ebru

ary

1964 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 664

)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

2,50

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

U

nkno

wn

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(Whi

te 2

004)

: T

he C

am

bri

dge

En

cyclo

ped

ia o

f A

fric

a (

1959

–61)

est

imat

ed 1

0,00

0 de

aths

. Har

ff &

Gur

r ha

ve e

stim

ated

5,0

00–1

4,00

0 de

ad in

gen

ocid

e.

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

The

CO

W f

igur

e is

muc

h lo

wer

than

fig

ures

incl

udin

g m

assa

cres

, and

so

it m

ay b

e a

reas

onab

le e

stim

ate

of to

tal b

attle

dea

ths.

E

stim

ated

2,5

00 k

illed

. U

gan

da

vs.

Bu

gan

da T

rib

e, 2

3 M

ay 1

966–1 J

un

e 1966

(C

OW

War

No. 667)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

2,00

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

U

nkno

wn

(Whi

te 2

004)

: Cite

s an

est

imat

e of

2,9

00 k

illed

. (L

ewis

200

4):

‘Jun

e 19

66 –

UG

AN

DA

… T

he n

ext d

ay [

May

24]

… a

cla

sh h

ad o

ccur

red

near

Kam

pala

bet

wee

n po

lice

and

diss

iden

t Bag

anda

in w

hich

fiv

e pe

rson

s w

ere

kille

d …

It w

as s

ubse

quen

tly r

epor

ted

that

fol

low

ers

of th

e K

abak

a ha

d of

fere

d st

iff

resi

stan

ce f

or s

ever

al h

ours

to th

e G

over

nmen

t tr

oops

who

wer

e at

tack

ing

with

ant

i-ta

nk g

uns

and

light

art

iller

y, a

nd th

at a

t lea

st 2

50 p

erso

ns h

ad b

een

kille

d in

fie

rce

figh

ting.

Whi

le th

e fi

ghtin

g gr

adua

lly d

ied

dow

n on

May

25,

the

num

ber

of v

ictim

s w

as u

noff

icia

lly e

stim

ated

to e

xcee

d 1,

000—

a U

gand

an R

ed C

ross

w

orke

r st

atin

g th

at 2

00 b

odie

s, in

clud

ing

thos

e of

wom

en a

nd c

hild

ren,

had

bee

n re

mov

ed f

rom

the

frin

ge o

f th

e ba

ttle

area

aro

und

the

Kab

aka'

s pa

lace

alo

ne. …

Con

trar

y to

the

unof

fici

al r

epor

ts o

f he

avy

casu

altie

s, P

resi

dent

Obo

te s

tate

d th

at o

nly

abou

t 20

peop

le h

ad b

een

repo

rted

to h

im

as k

illed

; tha

t abo

ut 2

0 ha

d be

en k

illed

els

ewhe

re in

Bug

anda

…’

In

terp

reta

tio

n:

The

est

imat

ed s

cale

of

the

conf

lict i

s si

mila

r in

all

sour

ces.

L

ow a

nd b

est e

stim

ate:

2,0

00 (

CO

W)

Hig

h es

timat

e: 2

,900

(W

hite

)

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Ch

ina v

s. R

ed G

uard

, 15 J

an

uary

1967–

1 S

epte

mb

er 1

968 (

CO

W W

ar

No

. 670)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

50,0

00

Tot

al D

eath

s:

Unk

now

n (C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

700

: ‘R

adic

als

and

mod

erat

es f

ough

t eac

h ot

her

in c

ondi

tions

of

near

civ

il w

ar, M

ay 1

966–

Apr

il 19

69. I

n Ju

ne 1

967

clas

hes

betw

een

the

Red

G

uard

s an

d th

e pe

ople

’s L

iber

atio

n A

rmy

(PL

A)

in W

uhan

took

ove

r 1,

000

lives

. Tot

al d

eath

s in

the

viol

ence

in P

ekin

g in

this

per

iod

wer

e ov

er

1,70

0 an

d in

Sha

ngha

i mor

e th

an 1

0,00

0. …

Cha

os s

o th

reat

ened

Chi

na b

y 19

68 th

at th

e PL

A, w

ith M

ao’s

ble

ssin

g, to

ok s

teps

to f

orci

bly

rest

ore

orde

r in

man

y pr

ovin

ces.

Dea

ths

as a

res

ult o

f th

is r

epre

ssio

n w

ere

heav

iest

in th

ree

prov

ince

s: K

wan

gsi,

whe

re 1

00,0

00 d

ied;

Kw

antu

ng, w

ith

40,0

00 d

ead;

and

Yun

nan,

with

30,

000

fata

litie

s. …

the

toll

of th

e C

ultu

ral R

evol

utio

n. M

ost e

stim

ates

of

lives

lost

ran

ge f

rom

400

,000

to 1

m

illio

n.’

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

The

CO

W f

igur

es s

ugge

st o

nly

the

peri

od o

f fi

ghtin

g be

twee

n th

e R

ed G

uard

and

mod

erat

es is

bei

ng c

oded

, but

the

nam

e of

this

co

nflic

t sug

gest

s th

at th

e re

pres

sion

of

the

Red

Gua

rd b

y th

e PL

A is

the

conf

lict o

f in

tere

st.

Est

imat

ed 5

0,00

0 ba

ttle

deat

hs f

rom

CO

W. T

rend

ed b

ased

on

info

rmat

ion

in C

lodf

elte

r.

Jord

an

vs.

Pale

stin

ian

s, 1

7–24

Sep

tem

ber

197

0 (

CO

W W

ar

No

. 677)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Jord

ania

n St

ate

Dea

ths:

2,

000

Syri

a:

100

Tot

al D

eath

s:

Unk

now

n (C

lodf

elte

r 20

02):

P.

640

: ‘T

otal

dea

ths

estim

ated

by

the

Red

Cre

scen

t…w

ere

3,44

0, w

ith 1

0,84

0 w

ound

ed. O

f th

ese,

the

Jord

ania

n ar

my

lost

750

KIA

, 1,2

50

WIA

.’

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Inte

rpre

tati

on:

3,44

0 de

aths

cod

ed b

ecau

se th

e so

urce

(th

e R

ed C

resc

ent)

is k

now

n an

d co

nsid

ered

rel

iabl

e. S

yria

n lo

sses

in p

artic

ipan

t file

unc

hang

ed.

Bu

run

di

vs.

Hu

tu, 30 A

pri

l–25 M

ay 1

97

2 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 683)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

50,0

00

Tot

al D

eath

s:

Unk

now

n (W

hite

200

4): C

ites

estim

ates

of

50,0

00 to

210

,000

with

a m

edia

n of

abo

ut 1

20,0

00

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 6

25: ‘

The

reb

ellio

n of

Apr

il 29

-Jul

y 31

, 197

2, a

gain

st th

e us

urpe

r Pr

esid

ent M

iche

l Mic

ombe

ro…

Alth

ough

not

ove

r 1,

000

Tut

sis

wer

e ki

lled

in th

e in

itial

rev

olt,

veng

eanc

e ag

ains

t the

Buh

utu

was

not

sat

ed u

ntil

as m

any

as o

ne h

undr

ed ti

me

the

num

ber

of T

utsi

wer

e sl

ain

(100

,000

).’

(Koh

n 19

86):

P.

77:

‘…

arm

ed r

evol

ts e

rupt

ed th

roug

hout

Bur

undi

, with

the

Hut

u vi

olen

tly a

ttack

ing

the

Tut

si. I

n re

talia

tion,

the

gove

rnm

ent s

laug

hter

ed m

ore

than

100

,000

Hut

u to

sup

pres

s th

em; t

he v

icto

riou

s T

utsi

, who

suf

fere

d th

e lo

ss o

f ab

out 1

0,00

0 liv

es…

’ (L

ewis

200

4):

‘Jun

e 19

72 -

BU

RU

ND

I

An

alle

ged

atte

mpt

to o

vert

hrow

the

Gov

ernm

ent o

f Pr

esid

ent M

icom

bero

at t

he e

nd o

f A

pril

led

to w

ides

prea

d fi

ghtin

g …

Ow

ing

to th

e im

posi

tion

of c

enso

rshi

p by

the

auth

oriti

es in

Bur

undi

, det

ails

of

thes

e ev

ents

bec

ame

know

n on

ly f

rom

off

icia

l Bur

undi

an s

ourc

es a

nd f

rom

re

fuge

es w

ho h

ad c

ross

ed th

e co

untr

y's

bord

ers.

… it

was

rep

orte

d th

at ‘

thou

sand

s of

men

, wom

en a

nd c

hild

ren’

had

bee

n m

assa

cred

dur

ing

a w

eek

of in

disc

rim

inat

e ki

lling

by

anti-

Gov

ernm

ent f

orce

s, e

spec

ially

in B

urur

i pro

vinc

e. …

Eur

opea

n ob

serv

ers

estim

ated

that

the

num

ber

of

Tut

si k

illed

did

not

exc

eed

5,00

0, w

hile

in th

eir

view

all

othe

r ca

sual

ties

wer

e H

utu

kille

d by

the

Arm

y or

by

Tut

si c

ivili

ans

… E

urop

ean

mis

sion

arie

s …

wer

e on

Jun

e 8

repo

rted

to b

e co

nvin

ced

that

ther

e w

as in

Bur

undi

a d

elib

erat

e ca

mpa

ign

by G

over

nmen

t tro

ops

to li

quid

ate

all

educ

ated

Hut

u, in

clud

ing

Chu

rch

and

med

ical

wor

kers

, tea

cher

s an

d sc

hool

chi

ldre

n, w

ith th

e de

ath-

toll

near

ing

100,

000.

’ In

terp

reta

tio

n:

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The

fig

ure

for

battl

e de

aths

sho

uld

incl

ude

only

the

Tut

si a

nd H

utu

com

bata

nts

and

civi

lians

kill

ed in

the

initi

al r

evol

t. So

urce

s es

timat

e be

twee

n 1–

5,00

0 T

utsi

kill

ed in

that

per

iod,

alth

ough

som

e of

thes

e de

aths

may

not

be

battl

e-re

late

d.

Low

est

imat

e: 1

,000

H

igh

estim

ate:

5,0

00

Bes

t est

imat

e: 3

,000

(m

ean)

N

iger

ia v

s. M

usl

im F

un

da

men

tali

sts,

18 D

ecem

ber

19

80–1 J

an

uary

1981 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 7

07)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

5,00

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

U

nkno

wn

(Whi

te 2

004)

: Est

imat

es m

ore

than

4,0

00 k

illed

in 1

980

(Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 6

28: ‘

On

Dec

embe

r 18

and

19

abou

t 50

polic

emen

wer

e sl

ain

in a

bat

tle w

ith th

e fa

natic

s. …

The

cri

sis

cam

e to

a h

ead

on C

hris

tmas

Day

, w

hen

a m

ob o

f cu

ltist

s at

tack

ed th

e ho

use

of g

over

nor

Kan

o. T

he g

over

nor

then

cal

led

in f

eder

al tr

oops

, and

on

Dec

embe

r 30

–31

they

sea

led

off

the

quar

ter

of K

ano

whe

re th

e cu

lt re

side

d an

d op

ened

fir

e. M

arw

a an

d at

leas

t 1,0

00 o

f hi

s di

scip

les

wer

e ki

lled

(sev

eral

witn

esse

s to

the

mas

s ex

ecut

ion

clai

m th

at a

s m

any

as 7

,000

peo

ple

wer

e sl

ain.

)’

(Lew

is 2

004)

: ‘J

anua

ry 1

984

- N

IGE

RIA

T

he 1

980

riot

s w

ere

unle

ashe

d in

the

city

of

Kan

o on

Dec

. 18–

19 a

nd c

ause

d gr

eat d

amag

e to

pro

pert

y an

d a

cons

ider

able

num

ber

of d

eath

s.

…th

e ri

oter

s' le

ader

was

rep

orte

d to

hav

e be

en k

illed

on

Dec

. 30,

by

whi

ch ti

me

the

polic

e w

ere

agai

n in

ful

l con

trol

of

the

city

. The

off

icia

l de

ath

toll

was

at t

hat t

ime

give

n as

1,0

00, w

ith 5

0 po

licem

en b

eing

am

ong

thos

e ki

lled.

’ In

terp

reta

tio

n:

Low

est

imat

e: 1

,050

(O

ffic

ial f

igur

e fr

om K

eesi

ng’s

)

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Hig

h es

timat

e: 7

,000

(hi

ghes

t uno

ffic

ial f

igur

e, f

rom

Clo

dfel

ter)

B

est e

stim

ate:

4,0

25 (

mea

n)

Tre

nd: c

oded

just

25

deat

hs in

198

1 be

caus

e m

edia

rep

orts

impl

y th

e co

nflic

t was

ove

r by

31

Dec

embe

r 19

80.

Nig

eria

vs.

Mu

slim

Fu

nd

am

enta

list

s, 2

Feb

ruary

–4 M

arc

h 1

984 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 718)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

1,00

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

U

nkno

wn

(Lew

is 2

004)

: ‘M

ay 1

984

- N

IGE

RIA

… R

iotin

g br

oke

out o

n Fe

b. 2

7 in

the

tow

n of

Yol

a, c

apita

l of

Gon

gola

sta

te in

eas

tern

Nig

eria

, whe

n po

lice

atte

mpt

ed

to a

rres

t mem

bers

of

the

pros

crib

ed s

ect o

f th

e la

te M

alam

Mar

wa

(als

o kn

own

as M

aita

tsin

e). A

s m

any

as 1

,000

peo

ple

wer

e th

ough

t to

have

di

ed in

the

dist

urba

nces

whi

ch o

ccur

red

whe

n th

e m

ilita

ry g

over

nor

was

abr

oad

on a

n of

fici

al m

issi

on.’

In

terp

reta

tio

n:

Est

imat

ed 1

,000

dea

ths.

B

uru

nd

i vs.

Hu

tu, 18–22 A

ugu

st 1

988 (

CO

W W

ar

No.

725)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

5,00

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

U

nkno

wn

(Whi

te 2

004)

: Cite

s es

timat

es o

f be

twee

n 5,

000

and

33,0

00 d

ead,

with

a m

edia

n of

20,

000.

(

Clo

dfel

ter

2002

):

P. 6

25: ‘

In A

ugus

t 198

8 an

othe

r B

uhut

u po

grom

in n

orth

ern

Bur

undi

res

ulte

d in

2,0

00 T

utsi

dea

ths

and

in a

hor

ribl

e ar

my

reac

tion

by T

utsi

so

ldie

rs in

whi

ch 2

0,00

0 B

uhut

u w

ere

slau

ghte

red.

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(Lew

is 2

004)

: ‘D

ecem

ber

1988

– B

UR

UN

DI

In

tens

e in

ter-

trib

al f

ight

ing

erup

ted

arou

nd A

ug. 1

0, 1

988,

in n

orth

ern

Bur

undi

and

led

to g

reat

loss

of

life.

… R

epor

ts in

dica

ted

that

the

Hut

u in

itial

ly r

ose

up a

gain

st th

e T

utsi

min

ority

in th

e ar

ea a

nd, a

rmed

with

mac

hete

s an

d ot

her

trad

ition

al w

eapo

ns, k

illed

up

to 2

,000

. In

reta

liatio

n th

e be

tter-

arm

ed T

utsi

wre

aked

rev

enge

, app

aren

tly a

ssis

ted

by th

e A

rmy.

… A

n ea

rly

estim

ate

from

an

unna

med

gov

ernm

ent s

ourc

e re

ferr

ed to

24

,000

dea

ths,

but

a f

igur

e of

5,0

00 w

as g

iven

by

Mr

Cyp

rien

Mbo

nim

pa, t

he M

inis

ter

for

Fore

ign

Rel

atio

ns a

nd C

o-op

erat

ion

… R

efug

ees

from

th

e fi

ghtin

g, th

e gr

eat m

ajor

ity o

f w

hom

wer

e H

utu,

who

fle

d to

nei

ghbo

urin

g R

wan

da, s

poke

of

up to

50,

000

dead

. Oth

er u

ncon

firm

ed e

stim

ates

pl

aced

the

tota

l at s

ome

20,0

00.’

In

terp

reta

tio

n:

Est

imat

ed 2

,000

dea

ths

base

d on

the

initi

al s

tage

of

the

conf

lict.

Thi

s fi

gure

may

stil

l be

too

high

to r

efle

ct b

attle

dea

ths

rath

er th

an o

ne-s

ided

vi

olen

ce.

Za

ire

vs.

Reb

els,

28 J

an

uary

–4 F

ebru

ary

1993 (

CO

W W

ar

No.

744)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

1,00

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

U

nkno

wn

(Lew

is 2

004)

: ‘J

anua

ry 1

993

– Z

AIR

E

On

Jan.

28,

Mob

utu'

s de

cisi

on to

sen

d in

the

pres

iden

tial g

uard

, to

quel

l rio

ting

by d

isaf

fect

ed tr

oops

, led

to s

erio

us f

ight

ing

in K

insh

asa

and

hund

reds

of

deat

hs. F

renc

h tr

oops

wer

e de

ploy

ed to

eva

cuat

e ex

patr

iate

s af

ter

the

Fren

ch a

mba

ssad

or, P

hilip

pe B

erna

rd, w

as k

illed

by

mac

hine

-gu

n fi

re.’

In

terp

reta

tio

n:

Hig

h es

timat

e: 1

,000

(Fr

om C

OW

) L

ow e

stim

ate:

300

(‘H

undr

eds’

fro

m K

eesi

ng’s

)

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Bes

t est

imat

e: 6

50 (

mea

n)

Iraq

vs.

KD

P K

urd

s, 3

1 A

ugu

st 1

996–7 S

epte

mb

er 1

99

6 (

CO

W W

ar

No. 756)

Cor

rela

tes

of W

ar D

atas

et (

Sark

ees

2000

) de

aths

by

part

icip

ant:

Stat

e D

eath

s:

1,50

0 T

otal

Dea

ths:

U

nkno

wn

(Lew

is 2

004)

: Kee

sing

’s R

ecor

d of

Wor

ld E

vent

s re

port

s on

Int

ra-K

urdi

sh f

ight

ing

in A

ugus

t, Se

ptem

ber,

Oct

ober

, and

Nov

embe

r 19

96. T

he

repo

rts

are

not s

uffi

cien

tly s

peci

fic

to p

rovi

de a

n es

timat

e of

all

deat

hs, b

ut d

etai

l inc

iden

ts in

whi

ch s

ever

al h

undr

ed w

ere

kille

d. T

he d

ata

supp

orts

the

rela

tivel

y lo

w in

tens

ity c

onfl

ict e

stim

ated

by

CO

W.

Inte

rpre

tati

on:

Est

imat

ed 1

,500

dea

ths.

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Note

s on

th

e ad

ap

tati

on

of

the

Laci

na &

Gle

dit

sch

data

Indo

nesi

a, 1

945,

Con

flic

t #42

0: T

his

conf

lict-

year

was

cod

ed b

ased

on

CO

W d

ata.

B

urm

a, 1

948–

95, C

onfl

icts

#63

9, 6

73, &

639

: The

se c

onfl

icts

wer

e in

terp

rete

d as

enc

ompa

ssin

g al

l int

erna

l vio

lenc

e in

Bur

ma

duri

ng th

e ye

ars

CO

W c

onsi

ders

them

act

ive.

C

hina

, 195

0, C

onfl

ict #

632:

The

fin

al y

ear

of th

e C

hine

se c

ivil

war

in th

e C

OW

dat

a is

inte

rpre

ted

as th

e fi

rst y

ear

of a

new

con

flic

t bet

wee

n T

aiw

an &

Chi

na in

the

Upp

sala

/PR

IO d

atas

et. T

here

fore

, the

tota

l num

ber

kille

d in

the

Chi

nese

civ

il w

ar a

ppea

rs s

light

ly h

ighe

r in

the

CO

W

vers

ion

of th

is d

ata.

V

ietn

am, 1

965,

Con

flic

ts #

654

& 1

63: T

he tr

ansi

tion

betw

een

wha

t CO

W c

odes

as

dist

inct

civ

il an

d in

tern

atio

nal w

ars

occu

rred

on

6 Fe

brua

ry.

1/12

th o

f th

e de

aths

est

imat

ed in

196

5 w

ere

code

d as

a p

art o

f th

e ci

vil w

ar. A

lso,

Cam

bodi

a is

cod

ed a

s a

part

icip

ant i

n th

is w

ar, b

ut a

lso

has

an

ongo

ing

civi

l war

of

its o

wn.

In

the

inte

rsta

te p

artic

ipan

t file

, Cam

bodi

an d

eath

s ar

e co

ded

as u

nkno

wn.

G

uate

mal

a, c

ivil

war

, 197

0–71

, Con

flic

ts #

668

& 6

78: T

he C

OW

dat

aset

rec

ords

sim

ulta

neou

s co

nflic

ts b

etw

een

the

gove

rnm

ent a

nd I

ndia

ns

and

betw

een

the

gove

rnm

ent a

nd le

ftis

ts. T

hese

con

flic

ts a

re n

ot d

istin

guis

hed

in th

e U

ppsa

la/P

RIO

dat

aset

or

in m

ost s

ourc

es. B

attle

dea

ths

in

1970

–01

wer

e di

vide

d ev

enly

bet

wee

n th

e tw

o co

nflic

ts a

nd a

2 w

as c

oded

und

er tr

end.

Ph

ilipp

ines

, 197

2–80

, Con

flic

t #68

2: Y

earl

y fa

talit

ies

esti

mat

es f

or th

e M

inda

nao

conf

lict w

ere

calc

ulat

ed b

ased

on

a m

uch

long

er ti

me

fram

e th

an th

at c

alcu

late

d by

CO

W. T

he y

earl

y da

ta w

ere

roun

ded

slig

htly

to a

void

a s

puri

ousl

y ac

cura

te to

tal.

Yom

Kip

pur

War

, 197

3, C

onfl

ict #

181:

Sau

di A

rabi

a is

not

ed a

s a

part

icip

ant b

y C

OW

, alth

ough

this

invo

lvem

ent w

as n

ot o

ffic

ially

ac

know

ledg

ed. R

elia

ble

casu

alty

fig

ures

are

not

ava

ilabl

e, a

nd b

attle

dea

ths

wer

e m

arke

d as

unk

now

n.

Iraq

, 197

4, C

onfl

ict #

690:

CO

W r

ecor

ds I

rani

an p

artic

ipat

ion

in th

e K

urdi

sh I

raqi

insu

rgen

cy, w

hile

Upp

sala

/PR

IO c

odes

a d

istin

ct in

ters

tate

co

nflic

t bet

wee

n Ir

an a

nd I

raq

in th

is y

ear.

Ira

nian

dea

ths

in th

e K

urdi

sh c

onfl

ict a

re c

oded

as

unkn

own

in th

e C

OW

par

ticip

ant f

ile.

Leb

anon

, 197

5–19

90, C

onfl

icts

#20

5 &

691

: The

civ

il w

ar in

Leb

anon

and

was

bet

wee

n Is

rael

and

Syr

ia in

198

2 ar

e co

ded

sepa

rate

ly in

the

CO

W d

atas

et, a

nd a

s pa

rt o

f a

sing

le c

onfl

ict b

y U

ppsa

la/P

RIO

. In

1982

, the

CO

W e

ntry

for

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inte

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te w

ar w

as r

etai

ned

unch

ange

d, a

nd th

ese

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deat

hs w

ere

subt

ract

ed f

rom

the

toll

of th

e in

tras

tate

con

flic

t in

that

yea

r. A

2 w

as c

oded

und

er tr

end.

Syr

ia a

nd I

srae

l’s

loss

es in

the

Leb

anes

e in

tras

tate

war

are

cod

ed a

s un

know

n.

Eth

iopi

a, 1

976–

84, C

onfl

icts

#18

9 &

694

: Eth

iopi

a’s

civi

l war

in O

gade

n an

d th

e E

thio

pian

-Som

ali i

nter

stat

e w

ar f

rom

197

7–8

are

code

d se

para

tely

in C

OW

and

as

a si

ngle

war

in th

e U

ppsa

la/P

RIO

dat

aset

. The

y ha

ve b

een

disa

ggre

gate

d fo

r th

e C

OW

file

s by

taki

ng th

e or

igin

al

CO

W v

alue

s fo

r th

e in

ters

tate

con

flic

t, an

d co

ding

rem

aini

ng d

eath

s in

the

intr

asta

te w

ar f

ile.

Vie

tnam

vs.

Cam

bodi

a, 1

975–

79, C

onfl

icts

#18

7 &

702

: The

inte

rsta

te w

ar b

etw

een

Vie

tnam

and

Cam

bodi

a ov

erla

ps w

ith th

e 19

78 s

tart

of

the

Cam

bodi

an c

ivil

war

pre

cipi

tate

d by

Vie

tnam

ese

inva

sion

. Dea

ths

in 1

978

and

1979

are

cod

ed in

the

intr

asta

te f

ile, w

hile

197

8 an

d 19

79 a

re

code

d as

unk

now

n va

lues

in th

e in

ters

tate

con

flic

t-ye

ars

file

. Ir

an, 1

978–

79, C

onfl

ict #

699:

Thi

s co

nflic

t inc

lude

s vi

olen

ce le

adin

g up

to th

e fa

ll of

the

Shah

of

Iran

in F

ebru

ary

1979

and

con

tinue

s, a

ccor

ding

to

CO

W, t

hrou

gh 3

1 D

ecem

ber

1979

. In

1978

, 160

0 de

aths

wer

e es

timat

ed b

ased

on

Clo

dfel

ter

(200

2, 6

49).

Aft

er th

e fa

ll of

the

Shah

, thi

s co

nflic

t was

inte

rpre

ted

as e

ncom

pass

ing

all i

nter

nal v

iole

nce

in I

ran

duri

ng th

e re

mai

nder

of

1979

. In

dia,

198

5–pr

esen

t, C

onfl

ict #

722:

Thi

s co

nflic

t was

inte

rpre

ted

as e

ncom

pass

ing

all i

nter

nal v

iole

nce

in I

ndia

dur

ing

thes

e ye

ars.

Sr

i Lan

ka, 1

987–

88, C

onfl

ict #

724:

In

the

Upp

sala

/PR

IO d

ata,

thes

e ye

ars

of th

e co

nflic

t with

JV

P ar

e no

t inc

lude

d. E

stim

ated

as

a lo

w in

tens

ity

conf

lict w

ith 5

0 ba

ttle

deat

hs p

er y

ear

as a

low

est

imat

e, 2

00 p

er y

ear

as a

hig

h es

timat

e an

d 10

0 pe

r ye

ar a

s a

best

est

imat

e.

Nic

arag

ua, 1

990,

Con

flic

t #71

2: N

ot in

clud

ed in

the

Upp

sala

/PR

IO d

ata.

Est

imat

ed 1

00 b

attle

dea

ths

base

d on

the

SIP

RI

Yea

rbook

(Lin

dgre

n et

al

. 199

1).

Geo

rgia

, 199

1–94

, Con

flic

t #73

6: T

his

conf

lict w

as in

terp

rete

d as

enc

ompa

ssin

g al

l int

erna

l vio

lenc

e in

Geo

rgia

dur

ing

thes

e ye

ars.

Als

o, th

e ye

ar 1

994

is in

clud

ed in

CO

W b

ut n

ot in

the

Upp

sala

/PR

IO d

ata.

Est

imat

ed 2

00 b

attle

dea

ths

from

SIP

RI

Yea

rboo

k 19

95 (

Solle

nber

g an

d W

alle

nste

en 1

995)

. E

l Sal

vado

r, 1

992,

Con

flic

t #70

2: T

his

is th

e fi

nal y

ear

of c

ivil

war

in E

l Sal

vado

r in

the

CO

W d

atas

et, b

ut it

is n

ot r

ecor

ded

by U

ppsa

la/P

RIO

. B

attle

dea

ths

wer

e es

timat

ed a

s: 5

0 (l

ow);

200

(hi

gh);

100

(be

st).

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Bur

undi

, 199

3–94

, Con

flic

t #74

5: N

ot in

clud

ed in

the

Upp

sala

/PR

IO d

ata.

Est

imat

ed a

s a

low

inte

nsity

con

flic

t with

50

battl

e de

aths

per

yea

r as

a

low

est

imat

e, 2

00 p

er y

ear

as a

hig

h es

timat

e an

d 10

0 pe

r ye

ar a

s a

best

est

imat

e.

Paki

stan

, 199

4, C

onfl

ict #

752

: The

civ

il co

nflic

t with

the

MQ

M is

not

incl

uded

in th

e U

ppsa

la/P

RIO

dat

a in

199

4. E

stim

ated

925

bat

tle d

eath

s,

base

d on

Pro

ject

Plo

ughs

hare

s (2

003)

. So

mal

ia, 1

997,

Con

flic

t #71

3: N

ot in

clud

ed in

the

Upp

sala

/PR

IO d

ata.

Est

imat

ed f

atal

ities

bas

ed o

n th

e 19

96 le

vel o

f vi

olen

ce.

Taj

ikis

tan,

199

7, C

onfl

ict #

740:

199

7 is

not

incl

uded

in th

e U

ppsa

la/P

RIO

dat

a. E

stim

ated

fat

aliti

es b

ased

on

the

1996

leve

l of

viol

ence

.

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